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Part III · Amendment to the Referendum Act…

9. Amendment of section 51 of the principal enactment

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

Section 51 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the insertion immediately after subsection (4)

of that section of the following new subsections:—

“(4A) Every person accompanying a voter to a polling station who is subject to a disability to mark and place the ballot paper of such voter in the ballot box as directed by the voter shall maintain and aid in maintaining the secrecy of such voting.

(4B)

It shall be the duty of the presiding officer to maintain a record of the relevant information of every person accompanying a voter who is subject to a disability to a polling station to mark the ballot paper of such voter.”.

Read on from s 10

Part IV

Amendment to the Presidential Elections Act, No. 15

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Part V

Part v

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