Updated 9 Oct 2026, 08:12
Welfare Benefits Act 2002
Welfare Benefits Act 2002 · As enacted
Official English translation. The Sinhala text prevails.
Official translationFrom Department of Government Printing, unchanged
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires –
“Constitutional Council” means the Constitutional Council appointed under Chapter VIIA of the Constitution ;
“Minister” for the purposes of this Act, shall mean the
Minister in charge of the subject of Finance ;
“welfare benefit payment” means a payment to which a person to whom this Act applies, is entitled to, in terms of a Welfare Benefit Scheme ;
“Welfare Benefit Scheme” means a Scheme formulated under section 9 of the Act.
Read on from s 29