8. section 16 the 7

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

Section 16 of the principal enactment is hereby amend-

6d as follows :—

(1)

iti subsection (1) of that section in paragraph (g)

thereof, by the substitution for the words “ literary value ”, of the words “literary or economic or scien-tific value or which are otherwise of national impor-tance ”;

(2)

by the repeal of subsection (2) of that section and the substitution therefor of the following new subsec-tion :—

“ (2) Every regulation made by the Minister shall be published in the Gazette and shall come into

. operation on the date of such publication or on such

-, later date as may be specified in the regulation. ” ;

and

(3)

by the insertion immediately after subsection (2}

thereof, of the following new subsections :—

“ (3) Every regulation made by the Minister shall, as soon as convenient after its publication in the Gazette, be brought before Parliament for ap-proval. Any regulation which is not so approved

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shall be deemed to be rescinded as from the date of disapproval but without prejudice to anything

‘previously done thereunder.

(4)

Notification of the date on which any regula.

tion made by the Minister is so deemed to be res-cinded shall be published in the Gazette.”

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