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Act of Parliament

Divineguma (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 Divineguma

(Amendment) Act, No. 2 of 2017.

s 2Amendment of the Long title to Act, No. 1 of 2013

The Long title to the Divineguma Act, No. 1 of 2013

(hereinafter referred to as the “principal enactment”) is hereby amended as follows:—

(1)

by the substitution for the expression “DEPARTMENT

OF DIVINEGUMA DEVELOPMENT” of the expression “DEPARTMENT OF SAMURDHI

DEVELOPMENT”; and

(2)

by the substitution for the word “DIVINEGUMA”

of the word “SAMURDHI”.

s 3Amendment of the Preamble of the principal enactment

The second paragraph of the Preamble of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the substitution for the words “AND WHEREAS, Divineguma intends” of the words

“AND WHEREAS, Samurdhi intends”.

s 4General amendments to the principal enactment and other written law

(1)

In the principal enactment and any other written law there shall be substituted—.

(a)

for the expression “Department of Divineguma

Development” of the expression “Department of

Samurdhi Development”;

(b)

for the expression “Divineguma National Council”

of the expression “Samurdhi National Council”;

(c)

for the expression “divineguma community based organizations” of the expression “samurdhi community based organizations”;

(d)

for the expression “divineguma regional organizations” of the expression “samurdhi regional organizations”;

(e)

for the expression “divineguma district committees” of the expression “samurdhi district committees”;

(f)

for the expression “Divineguma National

Federation” of the expression “Samurdhi National

Federation”;

(g)

for the expression “divineguma community based banks” of the expression “samurdhi community based banks”;

(h)

for the expression “divineguma community based banking societies” of the expression “samurdhi community based banking societies”;

(i)

for the expression “Board of Management of the

Divineguma Community Based Banks and

Divineguma Community Based Banking Societies”

of the expression “Board of Management of the

Samurdhi Community Based Banks and Samurdhi

Community Based Banking Societies”;

(j)

for the expression “Divineguma Community Based

Banking Union” of the expression “Samurdhi

Community Based Banking Union”;

(k)

for the expression “Divineguma Development

Fund” of the expression “Samurdhi Development

Fund”;

(l)

for the expression “Divineguma Revolving Fund”

of the expression “Samurdhi Revolving Fund”;

(m)

for the expression “divineguma beneficiary” of the expression “samurdhi beneficiary”; and

(n)

for the word “divineguma” of the word “samurdhi”, wherever such expressions or words appear in the principal enactment and other written laws.

(2)

Every reference to the “Divineguma Act”, “Departmemt of Divineguma Development”, “Divineguma National

Council”, divineguma community based orgnizations”,

“divineguma regional organizations”, “divineguma district committees”, “Divineguma National Federation”,

“divineguma community based banks”, “divineguma community based banking societies”, “Board of

Management of the Divineguma Community Based Banks and Divineguma Community Based Banking Societies”,

“Divineguma Community Based Banking Union”,

“Divineguma Development Fund”, “Divineguma Revolving

Fund”, “divineguma beneficiary” and “divineguma”, in any notice, notification, contract, communication or other document, shall be read and construed as a reference respectively to the “Samurdhi Act”, “Departmemt of

Samurdhi Development”, “Samurdhi National Council”,

“samurdhi community based organizations”, “samurdhi regional organizations”, “samurdhi district committees”,

“Samurdhi National Federation”, “samurdhi community based banks”, “samurdhi community based banking societies”,“Board of Management of the Samurdhi

Community Based Banks and Samurdhi Community Based

Banking Societies”, “Samurdhi Community Based Banking

Union”, “Samurdhi Development Fund”, “Samurdhi

Revolving Fund”, “samurdhi beneficiary” and “samurdhi”.

s 5Sinhala 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.