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Act of Parliament

Immigrants and Emigrants (Amendment) Act 2021

Official English translation. The Sinhala text prevails. Open the official Sinhala text, official PDF on documents.gov.lk

Official translationFrom Department of Government Printing, unchanged

s 1Short title

This Act may be cited as the Immigrants and

Emigrants (Amendment) Act, No. 27 of 2021.

s 2Amendment of section 14 of Chapter 351

Section 14 of the Immigrants and Emigrants Act

(Chapter 351) is hereby amended as follows:–

(1)

in subsection (1) thereof, by the substitution for the words, “two years,” of the words “five years,”;

(2)

in subsection (2) thereof, by the substitution for the words, “exceeding two years but not exceeding five years,” of the words “exceeding five years but not exceeding ten years,”; and

(3)

by the insertion immediately after subsection (3)

thereof, of the following subsection:-

“(3A) (a) Notwithstanding the time limits specified in subsections (1) and (2), the period of permanent residence visa may be determined by the

Minister.

(b)

For the purpose of paragraph (a), “permanent residence visa” means, a visa granted under regulations made under this Act.”.

s 3Sinhala text to prevail in case of inconsistency

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