Appropriation (Amendment) Act 2017

Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.

Official translationFrom Department of Government Printing, unchanged

s 1Short title

This Act may be cited as the Appropriation

(Amendment) Act, No. 32 of 2017.

s 2Amendment of section 2 of Act, No. 24 of 2016

Section 2 of the Appropriation Act, No. 24 of 2016 is hereby amended in subsection (1) of that section, by the substitution in paragraph (b) of that subsection for the words

“shall not exceed rupees one thousand five hundred seventy nine billion one hundred ten million four hundred thirty six thousand”, of the words “shall not exceed rupees one thousand six hundred twenty nine billion”.

s 3Sinhala text to prevail in case of inconsistency

In the event of any inconsistency between the Sinhala and Tamil texts of this Act, the Sinhala text shall prevail.