23. Amendment of section 29 of the principal enactment

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

Section 29 of the principal enactment as last amended by Act, No. 24 of 1977, is hereby further amended as follows :—

(1)

by the repeal of subsection (1) and subsection (2)

of that section, and the substitution therefor of the following subsections :—

“(1) (a) Every recognized political party and independent group shall, between the date of the publication of the notice under section 26

and the submission of the nomination paper and in any case not later than twelve noon on the day immediately preceding the end of the nominaiton period, deposit the legal tender with the returning officer to whom the nomination paper is to be submitted, a sum of:—

(i)

five thousand rupees in respect of each candidate and each additional person being nominated by a recognized political party; and

(ii)

twenty thousand rupees in respect of each candidate and each additional person being nominated by an independent group.

(b)

The deposit the legal tender shall—

(i)

in the case of a recongnized political party, be submitted by the secretary of the recognized political party or his authorized agent; and

(ii)

in the case of an independent group, be submitted by the leader of the independent group.

(2)

No deposit made on behalf of a candidate under subsection (1) shall be accepted by the returning officer, unless it is made within the time specified in that subsection.”;

(2)

by the substitution for the marginal note to that section, of the following marginal note:—

“Deposits to be made on behalf candidates.”.

Read on from s 24