15. Retrospective effect

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

The amendment made to—

(a)

section 2(3) (f) of the principal enactment by section 2 of this Act shall for all purposes be deemed to have come into force on January 1, 2005;

(b)

section 6 of the principal enactment by section 5 of this Act shall be deemed for all purposes to have come into force on January 1, 2005;

(c)

section 21 of the principal enactment by section 8

of this Act shall be deemed for all purposes to have come into force on January 1, 2005;

(d)

section 22 of the principal enactment —

(i)

by the first proviso to section 9 of this Act shall for all purposes be deemed to have come into force on November 18, 2004;

(ii)

by the second proviso to section 9 of this Act shall for all purposes be deemed to have come into force on January 1, 2005 ;

(e)

section 26 of the principal enactment by section 11

of this Act shall be deemed for all purposes to have come into force on January 1, 2005 ;

(f)

the third proviso to section 76 of the principal enactment by section 11 of this Act shall be deemed for all purposes to have come into force on January 1, 2005.

Read on from s 16