The Speaker Karu Jayasuriya has short while ago signed the bill establishing the office of missing persons at the Parliament.Parliament has passed the office of missing persons act on 11th of August without a vote amidst protests of the Joint Opposition Group MP's led by former president Mahinda Rajapakshe.
After speaker's signature the bill establishing the office of missing persons will become a law with immediate effect.
The office of missing persons is due to help and search to trace the missing persons.submit recommendations to the authorities to take measures on missing persons , protect the rights of missing persons and their relatives and identifying the ways that missing persons and their relatives can obtain relief .
The office after establishing is due to trace those who had disappeared during the 26 year old war against LTTE Rebels and the armed revolution launched by Marxist JVP against the government between 1987-89 period.
The office of missing persons is due to collect data on missing persons through government and other institutions and centralize all data in it's data base.
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