18. Amendment of section 26 of the principal enactment

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

Section 26 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the substitution for paragraph (i) of subsection (2) of that section of the following:—

“(i)

the implementation of the standards stipulated—

(i)

in the United Nations Convention on Law of the Sea, 1982;

(ii)

by Indian Ocean Tuna Commission, 1993;

(iii)

under the Fish Stock Agreement, 1995;

(iv)

under the Food and Agriculture

Organization (FAO) of the United Nations

Agreement on Port State Measures to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal unreported and unregulated fishing 2009;

(v)

in any other instrument to which Sri Lanka has or would become a party;”.

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