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Part III · Duties of Ministers and Public Authorities

9. Duty of the Minister to inform public about the initiation of projects

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

(1)

(a)

It shall be the duty of the Minister, to whom the subject pertaining to any project has been assigned, to communicate, three months prior to the commencement of such project, to the public generally, and to any particular persons who are likely to be affected by such project all information relating to the project that is available with the

Minister, as on the date of such communication:

Provided however, in the event of an urgent project, information shall be provided one week prior to the commencement of such project and reasons for such urgency shall be communicated to the Commission.

(b)

The Commission shall issue guidelines specifying the manner in which the communication referred to in paragraph (a) shall be made.

(2)

(a)

The Minister shall, on a written request made in that behalf by a citizen, make available updated information about a project referred to in subsection (1), throughout the period of its development and implementation.

(b)

The information shall be made available on the payment of such fee, as shall be prescribed by the

Commission for that purpose.

(3)

For the purposes of this section, “project” means any project the value of which exceeds-

(a)

in the case of foreign funded projects, one hundred thousand United States dollars; and

(b)

in the case of locally funded projects, five hundred thousand rupees.

For the avoidance of doubt it is hereby declared that any reference to the Minister shall also include a reference to a Minister of a Provincial Council established under

Chapter XVIIA of the Constitution.

Read on from s 10

Part V

Appointment of Information Officers and Procedure for Gaining Access to Information

Read on from Part V

Part VI

Appeals Against Rejections

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Part VII

General

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Schedules