National Defence Fund (Amendment) Act 2018

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 National Defence Fund

(Amendment) Act, No. 16 of 2018.

s 2Amendment of section 3 of Act, No. 9 of 1985

Section 3 of National Defence Fund Act, No. 9 of 1985

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

(1)

by the repeal of paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (2) of that section and substitution therefor of the following paragraph:—

“(a) the following ex-officio members:—

(i)

the Secretary to the President of the

Republic;

(ii)

the Secretary to the Ministry of the

Minister assigned the subject of

Defence; and” ;

(2)

by relettering the paragraph (c) of subsection (2) of that section as paragraph (b); and

(3)

by the substitution in subsections (3) and (4), for the words and figures “paragraph (c) of subsection (2)”, of the words and figures “paragraph (b) of subsection (2)”.

s 3Amendment of section 6 of the principal enactment

Section 6 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the substitution for the words “The President”, of the words

“The Secretary to the President of the Republic”.

s 4Amendment of section 13 of the principal enactment

Section 13 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the substitution for the word “Finance,”, of the word “Defence,”.

s 5Sinhala 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.