16. Amendment of section 46A of the principal enactment

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

Section 46A of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows:—

(1)

in subsection (5) thereof, by the substitution for the words “and the number of preferences secured by each candidate nominated by each such party or independent group” of the words “in respect of each electorate and in respect of the administrative district as a whole”;

(2)

in subsections (6) and (7) thereof, by the substitution for the words “administrative district”

of the words, “administrative district or electorate”;

(3)

in subsection (8) thereof—

(a)

by the substitution, for the words “and the preferences secured by each candidate nominated by each such party or independent

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group” of the words “in respect of each electorate and in respect of the administrative district as a whole”; and

(b)

by the substitution for the words

“independent group and the preferences secured by each such candidate at the poll”

of the words “independent group at the poll”.

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