3. Amendment of section 28 of the principal enactment

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

Section 28 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows:—

(1)

in subsection (2) of that section, by the substitution for the words commencing from “Any recognized political party” and ending with the words “setting out the names:-”, of the following:-

“Any recognized political party or any independent group shall, for the purpose of election as members of any local authority and for the returning of women members of such local authority, submit two nomination papers containing the lists of candidates in respect of all wards of such local authority. One of the two nomination papers submitted by each recognized political party or independent group in respect of all wards of any local authority shall consist of a list of names of candidates for the purpose of election as members of such local authority, substantially in the Form set out in the First Schedule, setting out the names:-”;

(2)

by the renumbering of subsections (2A), (2B) and (2C) of that section, respectively as (2C), (2D) and

(2E)

of that section;

(3)

by the insertion of the following new subsection (2A)

immediately after the proviso to subsection (2) of that section:-

“(2A) The other nomination paper in respect of all wards of any local authority referred to in subsection (2) of this section shall consist of a list of names of such number of women candidates ranked in order of priority.”;

(4)

by numbering the paragraph following the proviso to subsection (2) as (2B) of that section.

Read on from s 4