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Fauna and Flora Protection (Amendment) Act 2009
Fauna and Flora Protection (Amendment) Act 2009 · As enacted
Official English translation. The Sinhala text prevails.
Official translationFrom Department of Government Printing, unchanged
Section 28 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows:—
by the omission therefrom of the definition of the expression “buffalo”.
by the repeal of the definition of the expression
“elephant” and the substitution therefor of the following:—
“elephant” means a wild elephant and includes a tusker and for the purposes of section 22A, includes a tame or domestic elephant or tusker;”
“tusk” and the substitution therefor of the following:—
““tusk” means the tusk of a tusker;”
Act, No.22 of 2009
Read on from s 27