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27. Amendment of section 34 of the principal enactment

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

Section 34 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows :—

(a)

in subsection (1) thereof by the substitution for the definition of the expression“authorized officer” and the substitution therefor of the following new definition :—

“authorized officer” means the Commissioner of

Labour, Additional Commissioner of Labour, a Deputy Commissioner of Labour and an

Assistant Commissioner of Labour and includes any Medical Officer, the Chief

Factory Inspecting Engineer, any Factory

Inspecting Engineer, any Labour Officer or any Statistical Officer or any Statistician attached to the Department of Labour;”;

(b)

by the insertion of the following definition, immediately after the definition of the expression“child” :—

“custodian” means any person appointed by a court of law, who shall have the custody of the child, and on behalf of the child, manage the affairs of such child ;”;

(c)

by the ommission of the definition of the expression“street trading”.

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