5. Amendment of section 12 of the principal enactment

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

Section 12 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the repeal of the definition of the expression

“operator” and the substitution therefor of the following new definition :—

“operator” means an operator licensed under section 17

of the Sri Lanka Telecommunications Act, No. 25

of 1991, other than the operator who is authorized solely to provide public pay phone service.”.