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Act of Parliament · As enacted

Shrama Vasana Fund (Amendment) Act 2019

Official English translation. The Sinhala text prevails.

Official translationFrom Department of Government Printing, unchanged

s 1Short title

This Act may be cited as the Shrama Vasana Fund

(Amendment) Act, No. 15 of 2019.

s 2Amendment of section 4 of Act, No. 12 of 1998

Section 4 of the Shrama Vasana Fund Act, No. 12 of 1998 (hereinafter referred to as the “principal enactment”) is hereby amended—

(1)

by the repeal of subsection (1) thereof and the substitution therefor of the following subsection:—

“(1) The Board shall consist of—

(a)

the following ex-officio members, namely—

(i)

the Secretary to the Ministry of the Minister who shall be the Chairman of the Board

(hereinafter referred to as the

“Chairman”);

(ii)

Commissioner General of

Labour;

(iii)

General Manager of the

National Lotteries Board;

(b)

one representative of the Ministry of

Finance, nominated by the Minister to

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whom the subject of Finance is assigned; and

(c)

four persons appointed by the Minister

(hereinafter referred to as the

“appointed members”).”.

(2)

by the insertion immediately after subsecion (1)

thereof, of the following new subsection:—

“(1A) Every ex-officio member of the Board shall hold office in the Board as long as such member holds the office by virtue of which he has been appointed to the Board.”; and

(3)

in paragraph (b) of subsection (3) thereof, by the substitution for the words,“three members.” of the words, “five members.”.

s 3Amendment of section 6 of the principal enactment

Section 6 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows:—

(1)

in paragraph (a) thereof by the substitution for the word, “employees;” of the words, “employees and their dependents;”;

(2)

in paragraph (c) thereof by the substitution for the word, “employees” of the words, “employees and their dependents”; and

(3)

by the addition immediately after paragraph (f)

thereof of the following new paragraph:—

“(g) (i) to provide financial relief to obtain legal assistance to employees where proceedings in respect of termination of employment of an employee or of an industrial dispute, is initiated or pending under the provisions of any written law, before the Commissioner General of

Labour, a Labour Tribunal, an Arbitrator or an Industrial Court or any court of law;

(ii)

the financial relief provided under this paragraph shall be subject to such amount as the Board may determine by rules made in that behalf under this Act.”.

s 4Amendment of section 7 of the principal enactment

Section 7 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows:—

(1)

by the repeal of paragraph (a) of subsection (2)

thereof and the substitution therefor of the following paragraph:—

“(a)

to arrange for the conduct of a Lottery by the National Lotteries Board with the inclusion of the expression “Shrama

Vasana” on the face of each such lottery ticket;” and

(2)

by the addition immediately after paragraph (i) of subsection (2) of that section of the following paragraph:—

“(ia)

to promote and propagate the lotteries conducted for the purpose of the Fund;

and”.

s 5Amendment of section 13 of the principal enactment

Section 13 of the principal enactment is hereby amended—

(1)

by the repeal of subsection (2) thereof and the substitution therefor of the following subsection:—

“(2) Every such Lottery shall have the expression “Shrama Vasana” on the face of each

Lottery ticket and shall be conducted in such manner as may be agreed between the Fund and the Lotteries Board.”; and

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(2)

by the insertion immediately after subsection (2)

thereof of the following subsection:—

“(2A) The agreement between the Fund and the Lotteries Board shall include provisions, inter alia pertaining to –

(a)

the prizes to be awarded in the Lotteries so conducted;

(b)

the manner in which unclaimed prizes at such Lotteries are to be dealt with;

and

(c)

the amount to be allocated from the proceeds of the Lotteries to the Fund.”.

s 6Amendment of section 14 of the principal enactment

Section 14 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows:—

(1)

by the renumbering of that section as subsection (1) of section 14;

(2)

in the renumbered subsection (1) by the substitution for the words, “performance of its powers, duties and functions.” of the words, “performance of its powers, duties and functions or any matter for which rules are authorized or required by this Act to be made.”; and

(3)

by the addition immediately after subsection (1)

of that section of the following subsections:—

“(2) Every rule made by the Board shall be approved by the Minister, and be published in the Gazette and shall come into operation on the date of its publication or on such later date as may be specified therein.

(3)

Every rule made under subsection (1)

shall, not later than six months after its publication in the Gazette, be brought before

Parliament for approval. Any rule 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.

(4)

A notification of the date of such disapproval shall be published in the Gazette.”.

s 7Amendment of section 21 of the principal enactment

Section 21 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the insertion immediately after the definition of the expression “Local Authority” of the following definition:—

“ “Minister” means, the Minister to whom the implementation of the provisions of this Act is assigned;”.

s 8Sinhala text to prevail in case of inconsistency

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

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