36. Amendment of Article 154 of the Constitution

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

Article 154 of the Constitution is hereby amended as follows:-

(1)

by the repeal of paragraph (1) of that Article and the substitution of the following paragraph therefor:-

“(1) The Auditor-General shall audit all

Departments of the Government, the Office of the

Secretary to the President, the Office of the

Secretary to the Prime Minister, the Offices of the

Cabinet of Ministers, the Judicial Services

Commission, the Constitutional Council, the

Commissions referred to in the Schedule to Article 41B, the Parliamentary Commissioner for

Administration, the Secretary-General of Parliament, local authorities, public corporations, business and other undertakings vested in the Government under any written law and companies registered or deemed to be registered under the Companies Act,

No. 7 of 2007 in which the Government or a public corporation or local authority holds fifty per centum or more of the shares of that company including the accounts thereof.”;

(2)

in paragraph (2) of that Article, by the substitution for the words “such public corporation or business or other undertaking”, wherever those words appear in that paragraph, of the words “such public corporation, business or other undertaking or a company referred to in paragraph (1)”;

(3)

in sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (5) of that Article, by the substitution for the words “any public corporation, or business or other undertaking”, wherever those words appear in that paragraph, of the words “any public corporation, business or other undertaking or a company referred to in paragraph (1)”; and

(4)

by the insertion immediately after paragraph (8) of that Article, of the following new paragraph:–

“(9) The provisions of sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (8) shall apply to the Auditor-General appointed under Article 153(1).”.

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