Right to Information Act 2016 · As enacted · Part VII · General
41. Regulations
Official English translation. The Sinhala text prevails.
Official translationFrom Department of Government Printing, unchanged
The Minister may in consultation with the
Commission make regulations in respect of all matters required by this Act to be prescribed or in respect of which regulations are necessary to be made in order to give effect to the principles and provisions of this Act.
Every regulation made under subsection (1) shall be published in the Gazette and shall come into operation on the date of such publication or on such later date as may be specified in the regulation.
Every regulation made under subsection (1) shall, forthwith after its publication in the Gazette be brought before Parliament for approval and any regulation which is not so approved shall be deemed to be rescinded as from the date of such disapproval but without prejudice to anything previously done thereunder.
The date on which any regulation is deemed to be so rescinded shall be published in the Gazette.