23. Language of Legislation

Provided that Parliament shall, at the stage of enactment of any law determine which text shall prevail in the event of any inconsistency between texts:

Provided further that in respect of all other written laws and the text in which such written laws was 9 - Substituted by the Sixteenth Amendment to the Constitution Sec. 3.

enacted or adopted or made, shall prevail in the event of any inconsistency between such texts.

Regulations and Notifications made or issued under any written law other than those made or issued by a

Provincial Council or a Local Authority and the Gazette shall be published in Sinhala and Tamil together with a translation thereof in English.

Regulations and Notifications made or issued under any written law by any Provincial Council or Local Authority and all documents, including circulars and forms issued by such body or any public institution shall be published in the language used in the administration in the respective areas in which they function, together with a translation thereof in English.

Language as expeditiously as possible.]