5. Amendment of section 8 of the principal enactment

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

Section 8 of the principal enactment is hereby amended in subsection (14) of that section as follows:-

(1)

in paragraph (a) of that subsection, by the substitution for the word “two” of the word “three”; and

(2)

in paragraph (b) of that subsection, by the substitution for the word “seven” of the word “nine”.