Registration of Persons (Amendment) Act 2016 · පනවන ලද පරිදි
9. Amendment of section 5 of the principal enactment
නිල ඉංග්රීසි පරිවර්තනය. සිංහල පාඨය බලපවත්වයි. නිල Sinhala පාඨය විවෘත කරන්න, documents.gov.lk හි නිල PDF
නිල පරිවර්තනයවෙනස් නොකළ පාඨය, Department of Government Printing වෙතින්
Section 5 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows:-
by the repeal of subsection (1) of that section and the substitution therefor, of the following subsection:-
“(1) The Commissioner-General may, either generally or specially authorize the Additional
Commissioner-General, any Commissioner, any
Deputy Commissioner, any Assistant
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Commissioner, any District Secretary, Divisional
Secretary or any officer of the Department for the Registration of Persons to exercise, perform or discharge any power, duty or function conferred or imposed upon, or assigned to, the
Commissioner-General by or under this Act:
Provided however, that the preceding provisions of this section shall not apply to the power to compound offences conferred upon the
Commissioner-General by section 51.”;
by the substitution, in subsection (2) of that section, of the words “any Government Agent” of the words
“ any District Secretary or any Divisional Secretary”;
by the addition immediately after subsection (2) of that section of the following new subsections:-
“(3) The Commissioner-General may establish an office of the Department for the
Registration of Persons at provincial level, district level or divisional level as the case may be, and appoint an officer to be in charge of such office.
The Commissioner-General may authorize the officer in charge of the office referred to in subsection (3) to exercise, perform or discharge any power, duty or function vested in, or imposed or conferred on the Commissioner-General in respect of registering persons and issuing of national identity cards under this Act .”.