25. Amendment of section 31 of the principal enactment

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

Section 31 of the principal enactment as last amended by Act, No. 25 of 1990, is hereby further amended as follows :—

(1)

in subsection (1) of that section :—

(a)

by the repeal of paragraphs (bb) and (bbb) of that subsection; and

(b)

by the repeal of paragraph (d) of that subsection;

(2)

by the addition immediately after subsection (2) of that section the following new subsection :—

“(3) Where a candidate or any person whose name appears on a nomination paper submitted by a recognized political party or an independent group, as the case may be, is found to be disqualified due to the failure of such candidate or person:—

(a)

where the candidate or person concerned is a youth, to have attached to the nomination paper a certified copy of his Certificate of

Birth or in the event the Certificate of Birth is not available an affidavit signed by such youth certifying his date of birth; or

(b)

to have his consent which is required to be included in such nomination paper to be endorsed on the nomination paper, and to have annexed to the nomination paper his oath or affirmation in the form set out in the

Seventh Schedule to the Constitution, the nomination paper so submitted shall not be rejected, but the name of the candidate or the person concerned who is found to be disqualified due to any of the reasons specified in this subsection, shall be removed from the nomination paper so submitted.

Where a name of any candidate or any person is removed from a nomination paper, the political party or the independent group, as the case may be, which submitted such nomination paper, shall not thereafter be entitled to replace the name so removed with any other new name and the deposit made in respect of the candidate or other person whose names was removed, shall be forfeited.”.

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