Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution · As enacted
20. Amendment of Article 91 of the Constitution
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
Article 91 of the Constitution is hereby amended in sub-paragraph (d) of paragraph (1) of that Article as follows:-
by the substitution for items (v), (va) and (vc) of that sub-paragraph, of the following items:-
“(v)
a member of the Constitutional Council, referred to in sub-paragraph(e) of paragraph (1) of Article 41A other than any Member of
Parliament;
a member of any Commission specified in the Schedule to Article 41B;
the Commissioner General of Elections;”;
by the substitution in item (vii) of that sub-paragraph, for the words “a public officer holding any office”, of the words “a public officer or a member of the Sri Lanka State Audit Service holding any office”.
by the substitution in item (viii) of that sub-paragraph, for the words “a public officer holding any office”, of the words “a public officer or a member of the Sri Lanka State Audit Service holding any office”; and
by the addition immediately after item (xii) of that sub-paragraph, of the following new item:-
“(xiii)
a citizen of Sri Lanka who is also a citizen of any other country;”.