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11. Amendment of Article 104B of the Constitution

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

Article 104B of the Constitution is hereby amended by the repeal of sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (5) of that

Article and the substitution therefor of the following sub-paragraph:-

“(a) The Commission shall have the power to issue, from time to time, in respect of the holding of any election or the conduct of a referendum, such guidelines as the Commission may consider appropriate, to any broadcasting or telecasting operator or any proprietor or any publisher of a newspaper, as the case may be, as the Commission may consider necessary to ensure a free and fair election.”.