科伦坡——斯里兰卡副议长里兹维·萨利赫周二向议会表示，备受争议的《防止有组织犯罪法案》已在最高法院面临20份请愿书，这些请愿书对该法案的合宪性提出质疑。
Colombo, Sri Lanka's controversial Prevention of Organised Crimes Bill has faced 20 petitions in the Supreme Court challenging its constitutionality, Deputy Speaker Rizvi Salih told Parliament on Tuesday.
萨利赫表示，议长已收到根据宪法第121条提交的请愿书副本。该条款允许公民在法案提交议会后一周内向最高法院质疑其合宪性。
Salih said the Speaker had received copies of the petitions filed under Article 121 of the Constitution, which allows citizens to challenge a bill's constitutionality in the Supreme Court within one week of it being placed in Parliament.
根据宪法规定，最高法院在审理这些请愿书后，将把裁决结果告知议长。
After hearing the petitions, the Supreme Court will convey its decision to the Speaker, as provided in the Constitution.
该法案于10月20日提交议会，已招致本地和国际人权组织的批评。这些组织警告称，法案条款可能损害基本权利，并赋予当局广泛的权力。
The bill, tabled on October 20, has drawn criticism from local and international rights groups, which have warned that its provisions could undermine fundamental rights and grant authorities sweeping powers.
人权观察上周表示，这项拟议立法有可能导致任意拘留、酷刑和其他侵犯权利的行为。
Human Rights Watch said last week the proposed legislation risked enabling arbitrary detention, torture and other rights violations.
这家总部位于纽约的人权组织表示，该法案与上个月一同提出的《保护国家免受恐怖主义法案》都复制了现行反恐法律中的侵权条款。
The New York-based rights group said the bill, along with the Protection of the State from Terrorism Bill both introduced last month reproduced abusive provisions in existing counterterrorism laws.
该组织警告称，这项拟议立法可能使政府承诺终止的侵权行为长期存在。
It warned that the proposed legislation could perpetuate abuses that the government had pledged to end.
国际特赦组织也呼吁撤回该法案，称其赋予当局打击有组织犯罪的广泛权力，同时损害了嫌疑人的权利。
Amnesty International also called for the withdrawal of the bill, saying it granted authorities sweeping powers to tackle organised crime while undermining the rights of suspects.
该人权组织表示，法案包含的条款允许将在胁迫下取得的供词作为法庭证据、未经审判拘留嫌疑人最长可达两年，并限制媒体对法庭程序的报道。
The rights organisation said the bill contained provisions allowing confessions extracted under duress to be admitted in court, detention of suspects for up to two years without trial and restrictions on media reporting of court proceedings.
该组织还表示，这项拟议法律赋予警方在没有搜查令的情况下进行搜查的广泛权力，并允许对未向当局提供信息的行为处以监禁。
It also said the proposed law gave police wide powers to conduct searches without warrants and allowed imprisonment for failing to provide information to authorities.
这项拟议立法将“有组织犯罪集团”定义为三人或三人以上共同行动，实施一项或多项严重犯罪，以直接或间接获取金钱或其他物质利益。
The proposed legislation defines an "organised criminal group" as three or more people acting together to commit one or more serious crimes to obtain, directly or indirectly, financial or other material benefits.
人权团体对允许法院根据诸如与已知成员进行实体或虚拟会面、着装、手势、语言、纹身、与成员交往或频繁出入与该团体有关的场所等因素，来认定某人涉嫌属于有组织犯罪集团成员的条款表示担忧。权利团体警告称，此类条款可能将结社行为而非具体犯罪行为定罪，并使在无不法行为证据的情况下实施拘留成为可能。
Critics have raised concerns over provisions allowing courts to consider a person's alleged membership of an organised criminal group based on factors such as physical or virtual meetings with known members, clothing, hand signs, language, tattoos, association with members or frequent visits to premises linked to the group. Rights groups have warned that such provisions could criminalise association rather than specific criminal conduct and enable detention without evidence of wrongdoing.