3. Amendment of section 5 of the principal enactment

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

Section 5 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows :—

(1)

in subsection (1) of that section by the substitution, for the words “citizen of Ceylon by descent if at the time of his birth his father is a citizen of Ceylon” of the words “citizen of Sri Lanka if at the time of his birth either of his parents is or was a citizen of Sri

Lanka.”; and

(2)

in subsection (2) of that section by the substitution , for the words “citizen of Ceylon by descent if at the time of his birth his father is a citizen of Ceylon” of the words “citizen of Sri Lanka if at the time of his birth either of his parents is or was a citizen of Sri

Lanka.”;

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