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30. Amendment of section 88 of the principal enactment

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

Section 88 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows:-

(1)

by the repeal of the definition of the expression

“child” and the substitution therefor of the following definition: -

“ “child” means a person under the age of eighteen years;”;

Act, No. 39 of 2022

(2)

by the insertion, immediately after the definition of the expression “scheduled offence”, of the following definition: -

“ “training school for youthful offenders” means a training school established under the

Youthful Offenders (Training Schools)

Ordinance (Chapter 25);”; and

(3)

by the repeal of the definition of the expression

“young person”.