Bribery chief asks to submit assets, liability or face legal action
COLOMBO – Director General of Sri Lanka’s anti-corruption chief has requested all public officials and personnel categories bound by law to declare their assets and liabilities to fulfil the legal requirement or face legal action.
In a recorded video circulated to the media, Director General of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC), Ranga Dissanayake, urged all relevant officials to ensure their declarations are completed and submitted before the deadline of June 30.
All declarations must be submitted strictly through The Centralized Electronic Assets & Liabilities Declaration System, he said.
“Manual or physical paper submissions will no longer be accepted,” Dissanayake said.
“Failing to submit the declaration on or before June 30, 2026, constitutes a punishable offence under the provisions of the Anti-Corruption Act,” he said, warning delinquent officials may face strict legal ramifications, including hefty financial fines, disciplinary procedures, or judicial prosecution.
“Therefore, we urge all heads of institutions to notify their staff, and all individual declaring officials to fulfil their statutory obligations well ahead of time to avoid technical bottlenecks or last-minute delays,” he reiterated.
The CIABOC has fundamentally overhauled its enforcement strategies to enhance transparency and maximize compliance among public officials bound by law to declare their assets and liabilities.
Backed by the robust legislative mandates of the Anti-Corruption Act of 2023, the Commission’s most transformative measure is the complete elimination of legacy paper-based filing in favour of the Centralized Electronic Assets & Liabilities Declaration System.
This digital shift mandates that all declaring officials securely log into a dedicated online portal to submit their annual declarations, thereby optimizing public financial oversight and removing the administrative bottlenecks from manual tracking.
The CIABOC has been utilizing aggressive public awareness campaigns, institutional directives via heads of departments, and dedicated technical helpdesks to increase compliance.
By positioning non-compliance as a severe, prosecutable offence under the Anti-Corruption Act, the Commission has established rigid legal ramifications, including heavy financial penalties, institutional disciplinary actions, and judicial prosecution, effectively signalling a transition from passive record-keeping to a proactive, digitally enforced regime of civic and bureaucratic accountability.
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