Sir John Kotelawala Defence Academy (Amendment) Act 2007

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 Sir John Kotelawala

Defence Academy (Amendment) Act, No. 50 of 2007.

s 2Amendment of section 2 of Act, No. 68 of 1981

Section 2 of the Sir John Kotelawala Defence

Academy Act, No. 68 of 1981 (hereinafter referred to as the “principal enactment”) is hereby amended by the repeal of subsection (1) of that section and the substitution therefor of the following subsection:—

“(1) There shall be established a University which shall be called the “General Sir John Kotelawala

Defence University”(hereinafter referred to as the

“the University”).”

s 3The “Sir John Kotelawala Defence Academy” to be known as the “General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University”

(1)

In the principal enactment and in any other written law wherever the words “ Sir John Kotelawala

Defence Academy” occur, there shall be substituted the words “General Sir John Kotelawala, Defence University”.

(2)

Every reference to the “Sir John Kotelawala Defence

Academy” in any notice, notification, contract, communication or other document shall be read and construed as a reference to the “ General Sir John

Kotelawala, Defence University”.

s 4Avoidance of doubt

For the avoidance of doubt it is hereby declared that the “General Sir John Kotelawala, Defence University”

established by this Act, shall for all purposes be deemed to be the successor to the “ Sir John Kotelawala Defence

Academy” established by section 2 of the principal enactment.

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 text shall prevail.