General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (Special Provisions) Act 2018

This Act may be cited as the General Sir John

Kotelawala Defence University (Special Provisions) Act,

No. 17 of 2018 and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may appoint by Order published in the Gazette

(hereinafter referred to as the “appointed date”).

The General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University

(hereinafter referred to as the “University”) shall have the power -

to absorb those students who have obtained basic qualifications from among the students who have registered with the South Asian Institute of

to award the MBBS Degree (KDU) to students absorbed to the University under paragraph (a), who would successfully complete the study programme leading to the award of the MBBS Degree (KDU);

to award to those students having basic qualifications and have completed the study programme leading to the award of the MBBS

to decide on the criteria to be employed by the

Notwithstanding the provisions of any other written law, immediately upon the completion of the absorption of students specified in section 2, the Medical Faculty of

SAITM shall cease to be eligible to award the MBBS Degree and shall cease to be in operation.

In this Act —

“basic qualifications” mean, minimum of ‘S’ grade

(simple) pass in Chemistry, Physics and Biology at the G.C.E. (Advanced Level) Examination conducted by the Examinations Department of the Ministry of Education of Sri Lanka or an equivalent foreign qualification including equivalent qualifications of students who have offered the subjects Chemistry, Mathematics and

Biology;

“MBBS Degree” means the Degree of Bachelor of

Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery.

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