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1. Short title and date of operation

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

(1)

This Act may be cited as the Nineteenth

Amendment to the Constitution.

(2)

The provisions of this Act other than the provisions of section 9 (in so far it relates to paragraph (1) of Article 46 of the Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri

Lanka) and the provisions of section 15 shall come into force on the date on which this Act comes into operation.

(3)

The provisions of section 9 (in so far it relates to paragraph (1) of Article 46 of the Constitution of the

Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka) and the provisions of sections15, 28, 29 30 and 31 shall come into force upon the conclusion of the General Election held immediately after the date on which this Act comes into operation.

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