25. Insertion of new Article 104GG in the Constitution

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

The following new Article is hereby inserted immediately after Article 104G and shall have effect as Article 104GG of the Constitution:-

104GG. (1) Any public officer, any employee of any public corporation, business or other undertaking vested in the Government under any other written law and any company registered or deemed to be registered under the

Companies Act, No. 7 of 2007, in which the

Government or any public corporation or local authority holds fifty per centum or more of the shares of that company, who–

(a)

refuses or fails without a reasonable cause to co-operate with the

Commission, to secure the enforcement of any law relating to the holding of an election or the conduct of a Referendum; or

(b)

fails without a reasonable cause to comply with any directions or guidelines issued by the Commission under sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (4) or sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (5), respectively, of Article 104B, shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand rupees or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to both such fine and imprisonment.

(2)

Every High Court established under

Article 154P of the Constitution shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine any matter referred to in paragraph (1).”.

“Failure to comply with directions to be an offence.

Read on from s 26