National Minimum Wage of Workers (Amendment) Act 2024

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

Official translationFrom Department of Government Printing, unchanged

s 1Short title

This Act may be cited as the National Minimum Wage of Workers (Amendment) Act, No. 48 of 2024.

s 2Amendment of section 3 of Act, No. 3 of 2016

Section 3 of the National Minimum Wage of Workers

Act, No. 3 of 2016 is hereby amended in subsection (1)

thereof, by the substitution for the words “twelve thousand five hundred rupees and the national minimum daily wage of a worker shall be five hundred rupees”, of the words

“seventeen thousand five hundred rupees and the national minimum daily wage of a worker shall be seven hundred rupees”.

s 3Sinhala 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.