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Act of Parliament

Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (Amendment) Act 2022

Official English translation. The Sinhala text prevails.

Official translationFrom Department of Government Printing, unchanged

s 1Short title

This Act may be cited as the Sri Lanka Rupavahini

Corporation (Amendment) Act, No. 26 of 2022.

s 2Amendment of section 3 of Act, No. 6 of 1982

Section 3 of the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation

Act, No. 6 of 1982 (hereinafter referred to as the “principal enactment”) is hereby amended as follows :-

(1)

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

“(1) The Corporation shall consist of the following members :–

(a)

one, ex-officio member namely,

Secretary to the Ministry of the Minister or an officer not below the rank of an

Additional Secretary of that Ministry nominated by that Secretary;

(b)

four members nominated in the following manner and appointed by the

Minister:-

(i)

one member who shall be a representative of the Ministry of the

Minister assigned the subject of

Finance nominated by such

Minister;

(ii)

one member who shall be a representative of the Ministry of the

Minister assigned the subject of

Education nominated by such

Minister;

(iii)

one member who shall be a representative of the Sri Lanka

Broadcasting

Corporation established under Sri Lanka

Broadcasting Corporation Act,

No. 37 of 1966, nominated by the

Minister to whom such Corporation is assigned;

(iv)

one member who shall be a representative of the National Film

Corporation established under Act,

No. 47 of 1971, nominated by the

Minister to whom such Corporation is assigned; and

(c)

four members appointed by the Minister

(hereinafter referred to as the “appointed

Members”) who appear to the Minister to have wide experience, capacity and recognition in television engineering or other forms of engineering or legal or financial matters or administration or labour relations or in the field of broadcasting and communication.”;

(2)

in subsection (5) thereof by the substitution for the words “Every member” of the words “Every appointed member”;

(3)

in subsection (6) thereof by the substitution for the words “by any member” of the words “by any appointed member”;

(4)

in subsection (7) thereof by the substitution for the words “any member” of the words “any appointed member”;

(5)

in subsection (8) thereof, by the substitution for the words “remove any member” of the words “remove any appointed member”;

(6)

in subsection (9) thereof by the substitution for the words “Any member” of the words “Any appointed member”.

s 3Amendment of section 32 of the principal enactment

Section 32 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the insertion immediately after the definition of the expression “agent” of the following definition:-

“ “Minister” means the Minister to whom the Rupavahini

Corporation is assigned under Article 44 or 45 of the

Constitution;”.

s 4Sinhala 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.