19. Amendment of section 47 of the principal enactment

Section 47 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the repeal of paragraph (a) of that section, and the substitution therefor of the following paragraph:-

“(a)

shall contain the names of the recognized political parties contesting at the election, in Sinhala, Tamil and English arranged in the Sinhala alphabetical order and with the symbol allotted to each such party set out against the name of each such party, and immediately thereafter, if there are any independent groups contesting at such election, the words, “Independent Group” repeated for each such group and the distinguishing number in the serial order and the symbol allotted to each such group set out against the distinguishing number of such group and a blank cage against each symbol for a voter to cast his vote. A voter shall cast his vote within the cage provided therefor.”.