29. Amendment of section 38 of the principal enactment

Section 38 of the principal enactment as amended by Act, No. 25 of 1990, is hereby further amended in subsection (1) of that section, by the repeal of paragraph (c)

of that subsection and the substitution therefor of the following paragraph:—

“(c)

the date of the poll, such date being a date other than a Poya day or any public holiday as specified in the First Schedule to the Holidays Act, No. 29 of 1971, but wherever possible a Saturday or a date or dates determined by the returning officer with the concurrence of the Commissioner and being a date not less than five weeks and not more than seven weeks from the date of the publication of the notice;

and”.