Act of Parliament · As enacted
Passport (Regulation) and Exit Permit (Amendment) Act 1980
Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.
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Pa.'ispurt · (Regulatio11,) and Exit Permit (Amend1rient) .
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·AN 'AcT TO AMEND 1·HE ·PAsSPOR'r · · (REGULA'rION) AND EXIT
PERMIT AcT. No. 53 OF 1971.
BE it enacted by the Parliament of the .Democratic Socialist
. Republic of Sri Lanka as follows :-
Short title.
. 1 .. · This Act may be cited as the Passport (Regulation)
and Exit Permit (Amendment) Act, N9. 1 of 1980.
s 2Replacement 01 secuon a of Act No. 53 1971
Section 5 of the Passport (Regulation) and Exit Permit
Act, . No. 53 of 1971
(hereinafter referred to as the
"principal enactment")
is hereby repealed and the following new section substituted therefor :-
"Period of validity of passports and emergency certificates.
5. (1) The duration of validity of a passport shall be a period not exceeding five years. The competent authority may from time to time renew the validity of such passport for a further period not exceeding five years, so however that the total period of validity of such passport shall not exceed ten years from the date of its issue.
The duration of validity of an emergency certificate shall be a period not exceeding two years. The competent autho
rity may from time to time renew the validity of such emergency certificate for a further period not excedieng two years from the date of expiry of such certificate.
The competent authority, in fixing the duration of validity of such passport or emergency certificate or renewal thereof, shall have regard to the requirements and circumstances of each case.".
s 3Replacement of section 9 of the principal enactment
Section 9 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following new section substituted therefor :-
" Fees for the issue and renewal of passports diplomatic passports and emergency certificates.
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9. (1) The fee for the issue of a passport shall be rupees one hundred and the fee for its renewal . shall be rupees twenty per annum.
The fee for the issue of a diplomatic passport shall be rupees one hundred and the fee for its renewal shall be rupees, twenty per annum.
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The fee for the issue of an emergency certificate shall be rupees twenty five and the
:fee for its renewal shall be rupees ten per annum.
The fee for the alteration of a passport shall be rupees twenty.
The fee for· the alteration of an emergency certificate shall be rupees ten.".
å· The amendments made to the principal enactment by sections 2 and 3 of this Act shall be deemed for all purposes to have come into force on November 15, 1979.