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2. Amendment of the long title to the Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Act…

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

The long title to the Fisheries and Aquatic Resources

Act, No. 2 of 1996 (hereinafter referred to as the “principal enactment”) is hereby amended, by the substitution, for the words and figures “FISHERIES AND AQUATIC RESOURCES IN

SRI LANKA; TO REPEAL THE FISHERIES ORDINANCE (CHAPTER 212),”,

OF THE WORDS “FISHERIES AND AQUATIC RESOURCES IN SRI LANKA;

TO GIVE EFFECT TO SRI LANKA’S OBLIGATIONS UNDER CERTAIN

INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL FISHERIES AGREEMENTS; TO REPEAL THE

FISHERIES ORDINANCE (CHAPTER 212),”.