Medical (Amendment) Act 2014

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

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s 1Short title

This Act may be cited as the Medical (Amendment)

Act, No. 6 of 2014.

s 2Amendment to section 29 of Chapter 105

Section 29 of the Medical Ordinance (Chapter 105)

(hereinafter referred to as the “principal enactment”) is hereby amended—

(1)

in subsection (1) of that section by the repeal of sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (b) and the substitution therefor of the following :—

“(i)

holds a degree of Bachelor of Medicine of—

(a)

the University of Ceylon or a corresponding university ;

(b)

a Degree Awarding Institute ; or

(c)

the General Sir John Kotelawala

Defence University, and a certificate granted by the Medical Council under section 32 ; or”;

(2)

in subsection (2) of that section by the substitution—

(a)

in sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (b), for the words “or a Degree Awarding Institute ; or” of the words “or a Degree Awarding Institute or the General Sir John Kotelawala Defence

University; or”;

(b)

in sub-paragraph (ii) of paragraph (b), for the words “or Degree Awarding Institute” of the words or “or Degree Awarding Institute or the

General Sir John Kotelawala Defence

University”.

s 3Amendment of section 74 of the principal enactment

Section 74 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the insertion, immediately after the definition of the expression “estate apothecary” of the following definition :—

“General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University” means the General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University established under the Sir John Kotelawala Defence

Academy Act, No. 68 of 1981;”.

s 4Sinhala text to prevail in case of inconsistency

In the event of any inconsistency between the Sinhala and Tamil texts of this Act, the Sinhala text shall prevail.