Grant of Citizenship to Stateless Persons (Special Provisions) (Amendment) Act 2009

This Act may be cited as the Grant of Citizenship to Stateless Persons (Special Provisions) (Amendment) Act,

No. 5 of 2009.

Grant of Citizenship to Stateless Persons

(Special Provisions) Act, No. 39 of 1988 (hereinafter referred to as the “principal enactment”) is hereby amended by the insertion immediately after section 2 of that Act, of the following new section which shall have effect as section 2A of that enactment:—

2A. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 2, any person who was a permanent resident of Sri Lanka with Indian Origin as at

October 30, 1964, but who due to circumstances beyond the control of such person—

was compelled to leave Sri Lanka; and

thereupon took up residence in India, and who consequently had, as at the day immediately preceding the date of the coming into operation of this Act, been unable to comply with the requirements of paragraph (a) of section 2, shall, if such person satisfies the requirements of paragraphs (b) and (c) of that section or is able to submit proof that such person is a

Section 4 of the principal enactment is hereby amended in subsection (1) thereof—

by the substitution for the words and figures “by reason of the provisions of section 2”, of the words and figures “by reason of the provisions of section 2 or 2A”; and

by the substitution for the words “substantially in the Form set out in Schedule B to this Act.”, of the words and figures “substantially in the Form set out in Schedule B to this Act:

In the event of any inconsistency between the Sinhala and the Tamil texts of this Act, the Sinhala text shall prevail.

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Grant of Citizenship to Stateless Persons

(Special Provisions) (Amendment)

Act, No. 5 of 2009