Fauna and Flora Protection (Amendment) Act 2022

This Act may be cited as the Fauna and Flora

Protection (Amendment) Act, No. 7 of 2022.

The long title to the Fauna and Flora Protection

Ordinance (Chapter 469) (hereinafter referred to as the

“principal enactment”) is hereby repealed and the following long title substituted therefor:—

“AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE FOR THE

PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION OF THE

FAUNA AND FLORA OF SRI LANKA AND THEIR

HABITATS; FOR THE PREVENTION OF

COMMERCIAL AND OTHER MISUSE OF SUCH

FAUNA AND FLORA AND THEIR HABITATS;

FOR THE CONSERVATION OF BIODIVERSITY

OF SRI LANKA; TO TAKE SUCH MEASURES TO

GIVE EFFECT TO THE CONVENTION ON

INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED

SPECIES OF WILD FAUNA AND FLORA (CITES);

AND TO PROVIDE FOR MATTERS CONNECTED

THEREWITH OR INCIDENTAL THERETO.”.

Section 71 of the principal enactment is hereby amended in subsection (2) thereof, by the insertion immediately after paragraph (f) of that subsection, of the following new paragraphs:–

“(fa) all matters necessary for the enforcement of the provisions of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora

(CITES), subject to the prior written approved of the Cabinet of Ministers;

“(fb) the appointment of ad-hoc committees, for the purpose of obtaining their recommendations on any permit to be issued under the Convention on

International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild

Fauna and Flora (CITES);”.

In the event of any inconsistency between the Sinhala and Tamil texts of this Act, the Sinhala text shall prevail.