Identity area
Reference code
LK LK-NA LK-NA/108.11
Title
Commission of Inquiry on Telephone Tapping
Date(s)
- 1964-1969 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
Files 1-19 ,manuscripts, typewritten
Context area
Repository
Archival history
This Commission was appointed on 25 the July 1966 by Governor General for the purpose of inquiring into and reporting on whether or not during the period on January 1, 1960, and ending on September 30, 1965, messages sent or transmitted by or through the services established maintained and operated by the government for telephonic communications in Ceylon were subject to unlawful interception and to make recommending as a result of the inquiry to prevent such unlawful interception of telephone message in the future, preservation of secrecy. The contents of such messages, with regard to the practice and procedure applicable to the Government Telephone Service. The Commission was Namasivayampillai Sivagnanasundaram (Commissioner), N.P.Jeganathan (Secretary), This Commission was published as a sessional paper No. 10 of 1967.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Extracts, proceedings of the telephone tapping commission, log books
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Open
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
- Sinhala
Script of material
- Latin
Language and script notes
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Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
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Notes area
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Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
LK-NA
Rules and/or conventions used
ISAD(G)
Status
Final
Level of detail
Minimal
Dates of creation revision deletion
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
- Latin
Sources
International Council on Archives Guide to the Sources of Asian History Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka II (Vol 1), National Archives of Sri Lanka, 1996.