නිල පරිවර්තනයවෙනස් නොකළ පාඨය, Department of Government Printing වෙතින්
Section 12 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows:—
(1)
in paragraph (d) of that section by the substitution for the words “minerals and the processing, trading in” of the words “minerals and the processing, transport, storing, trading in”;
(2)
by the repeal of paragraph (e) of that section and the substitution therefor of the following new paragraphs:—
“(e)
to advise the Minister on measures to be adopted for the promotion, extraction, value addition through development of mineral based products and export of such mineral based products on a commercial basis;
(f)
to disseminate in appropriate media, information and data acquired during the exercise of functions under the Act, in particular, under paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this section; and
(g)
to undertake projects in regard to engineering geology and provide advice and remedial measures caused in respect of geological hazards and disasters.”.