17. Amendment of section 169 of the principal enactment

Section 169 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the substitution for the words “budget of the

Pradeshiya Sabha” of the folowing:—

“budget of the Pradeshiya Sabha:

Provided that, if the Council according to sections 168 and 169 of this Act modifies or rejects all or any items in any budget or supplementary budget or adds any item thereto which was submitted to the Council at any time by the

Chairman after a period of two years since the commencement of the term of office of the Council, and if the Chairman does not agree to such decision of the Council, he shall resubmit the said budget to the Council for further consideration. Where a budget or supplementary budget is not passed by the Council within two weeks after it is resubmitted for the second time, the Chairman shall be deemed to have resigned from the office of Chairman at the end of the said period of two weeks.”.