4. Amendment of section 2388 of the principal enactment

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

Section 23sp of the principal enactment as amended by Act, No. 56 of 1988 is hereby amended as follows—

(1)

by the repeal of subsection (2) of that section, and the substitution therefor of the following subsection:—

“(2) A project approving agency shall on receipt of an environmental impact assessment report submitted to such project approving agency

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in compliance with the requirements imposed under subsection (1), by Notice published in one newspaper each in the Sinhala, Tamil and English language, notify the place and times at which such report shall be available for inspection by the public to make its comments, if any, thereon.”

(2)

by the addition immediately after subsection (4) of that section of the following new subsection :—

“(5) An initial environmental examination report submitted in compliance with the requirements imposed under subsection (1) shall be deemed to bea public document for the purposes of sections 74 and 76 of the Evidence Ordinance

(Chapter 21) and shall be open for inspection by the public.”.

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

Prevail in case of inconsistency.

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