Prisons (Amendment) Act 2005

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

This Act may be cited as the Prisons (Amendment)

Act, No. 22 of 2005.

Section 79 of the Prisons Ordinance (hereinafter referred to as the “principal enactment”) is hereby amended as follows :—

(i)

by the repeal of paragraph (g) of that section;

(ii)

by the re-lettering of paragraph (h) of that section as paragraph (g).

Section 81 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows :—

(1)

in subsection (4) of that section —

(a)

by the repeal of paragraph (d) thereof ; and

(b)

by the relettering of paragraph (e) thereof as paragraph (d) ;

(2)

by the repeal of subsection (5) and (6) of that section ; and

(3)

by the renumbering of subsections (7) and (8) as subsections (5) and (6) of that section.

Section 86 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed.

In the event of any inconsistency between the Sinhala and Tamil texts of this Act, the Sinhala text shall prevail.

2—P L 000333—5,650 (2005/06)

Sri Lanka Transport Board Act, No. 27 of 2005