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National Hydrographic Act 2024

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5Administration and management of the Office vested in the Council
6Constitution of the Council
7Chairperson of the Council
8Disqualifications from being a member of the Council
9Term of office
10Resignation and removal
11Quorum and meetings of the Council
12Acts or proceedings of the Council deemed not to be invalid by reason of any vacancy
13Remuneration of the members of the Council
14Seal, logo and flag of the Office

17Hydrographic Surveyors or Nautical Cartographers to register under this Act
18Application for registration as a Hydrographic Surveyor or a Nautical Cartographer
19Duration of a registration
20Renewal of Certificate of Registration
21Refusal to register or renew a Cerificate of Registration
22Use of abbreviated designations
23Cancellation or suspension of a registration

29Delegation of the powers of the Council
30Protection for action taken under this Act
31Duty to maintain Secrecy
32Database
33Duplicates
34Authenticity of nautical charts & etc.
35Interference with survey marks
36Power to access any place
37Vessels of the hydrographic servey fleet
38Registers to be kept by the Office
39State property both movable and immovable be made available to the Office
40Penalties for cotraventions for which no spesific provisions have been made
41Provision regarding prosecution
42Office deemed to be a Scheduled Institution within the meaning of the Anti-Corruption Act
43Members, National Hydrographer, officers and employees of the Office deemed to be public servants
44Directions of the Minister
45Provisions of this Act to prevail over other written law
46Regulations
47Rules
48Interpretation
49Sinhala text to prevail in case of inconsistency

National Hydrographic Act 2024 · As enacted · Part VII · General

49. Sinhala text to prevail in case of inconsistency

Official translationFrom Department of Government Printing, unchanged

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

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National Hydrographic Act 2024 · s 49

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Department of Government Printing · National Hydrographic Act 2024, As enacted. Reader record updated on 9 Oct 2026.