Protection of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Amendment) Act 2003

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

s 1Short title

This Act may be cited as the Protection of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Amendment) Act, No. 33 of 2003.

s 2Amendment of section 3 of Act, No. 28 of 1996

Section 3 of the Protection of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, No. 28 of 1996 (hereinafter referred to as the “principal enactment”) is hereby amended as follows :—

(1)

by the insertion immediately after paragraph (a) of that section of the following new paragraph :—

“(aa)

the Secretary or in the absence of the Secretary, the Additional Secretary of the Ministry of the

Minister.”;

(2)

in paragraph (c) of that section by the substitution for the words “nine other members” of the words

“ten other members”.

s 3Amendment of section 9 of the principal enactment

Section 9 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the substitution for the words, “delegate to any member of the Council”, of the words “delegate to the

Secretary or in the absence of the Secretary to the Additional

Secretary of the Ministry of the Minister”.

s 4Amendment of section 23 of the principal enactment

Section 23 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the addition immediately after subsection (2) of that section of the following new subsection :—

“(3)

The manner and mode of providing facilities to allow access by disabled persons to public buildings, public places and common services, shall be as prescribed.”.

s 5Sinhala text to prevail in case of inconsistency

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