4. Amendment of section 9 of the principal enactment

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

Section 9 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows:-.

(1)

in subsection (1) of that section-

(a)

in paragraph (a) thereof, by the substitution for the words “fifteen years” of the words

“sixteen years”; and

(b)

in paragraph (b) thereof, by the substitution for the words “fifteen years” of the words

“sixteen years”;

(2)

in paragraph (b) of subsection (2) thereof, by the substitution for the words “fifteen years” of the words “sixteen years”; and

(3)

by the repeal of subsection (3) of that section.