2. Amendment of the long title to the Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Act…

The long title to the Fisheries and Aquatic Resources

Act, No. 2 of 1996 (hereinafter referred to as the “principal enactment”) is hereby amended, by the substitution, for the words and figures “FISHERIES AND AQUATIC RESOURCES IN

SRI LANKA; TO REPEAL THE FISHERIES ORDINANCE (CHAPTER 212),”,

OF THE WORDS “FISHERIES AND AQUATIC RESOURCES IN SRI LANKA;

TO GIVE EFFECT TO SRI LANKA’S OBLIGATIONS UNDER CERTAIN

INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL FISHERIES AGREEMENTS; TO REPEAL THE

FISHERIES ORDINANCE (CHAPTER 212),”.