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10. Amendment of section 26 of the principal enactment

Official English translation. The Sinhala text prevails. Open the official Sinhala text, official PDF on documents.gov.lk

Section 26 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows:-

(1)

by the substitution, in subsection (1) of that section, for the words “a child who has attained the age of twelve years or a young person”, of the words “a child who has attained the age of twelve years”;

(2)

by the substitution, in subsection (2) of that section, for the words and figures “under section 28(1) or section 29(1).”, of the words and figures “under section 28(1).”; and

(3)

by the substitution, in the marginal note to that section, for the words “a child or young offender” of the words “a child offender”.