Parliament (Powers and Privileges) (Amendment) Act 1997

This Act may be cited as the Parliament (Powers and

Privileges) (Amendment) Act, No. 27 of 1997.

Section 22 of the Parliament (Powers and Privileges)

Act, (hereinafter referred to as the “principal enactment”) as amended by Law No. 5 of 1978, is hereby further amended as follows :—

by the repeal of subsection (2) of that section, and the substitution therefor of the following subsection :-—

by the addition at the end of that section, the following new subsection :—

Section 23 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the repeal of subsection (2) of that section.

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principal

Section 27 of the principal enactment as amended by

Law, No. 5 of 1978 is hereby further amended as follows :—

enactment.

by the repeal of subsection (1) of that section and the substitution therefor of the following subsection :—

by the repeal of subsection (1A) of that section ; and

by the substitution, for the marginal note to that section, of the following marginal note :-—

Section 27a of the principal enactment as amended by Law, No. 5 of 1978 is hereby repealed.

Section 28 of the principal enactment, as amended by

Law, No.5 of 1978 and Act, No. 37 of 1987 is hereby repealed and the following section substituted therefore:—

“Punishment

28. The punishment which may be imposed which by Parliament for any offence under this Part shall arnold be admonition at the Bar of Parliament or removal from the precincts of Parliament:

Provided, however, that in the case of an offence committed by a member of Parliament, the Parliament may, in addition to or in lieu of any punishment hereinbefore specified, order his suspension from the service of Parliament for any period not exceeding one month:

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Provided further that in the case of an offence committed by a person who is not a member, Parliament may also order that such person shall be prohibited from entering Parliament or its precincts for a period not exceeding six months.”.

Section 32 of the principal enactment as amended by

Law, No. 5 of 1978 is hereby repealed and the following section is substituted therefor:—

“Limitation | 32. Nothing in this Act shall confer or be of powerof construed to confer on Parliament any power to punishment impose any punishment on any person other than

Partiament, the power to impose for any offence specified in

Part B of the Schedule, any punishment authorized by section 28 of this Act.”.

The Schedule to the principal enactment as amended by Law, No. 5 of 1978 is hereby further amended in Part

A of that Schedule, by the substitution for the heading appearing therein, of the following heading:—

“OFFENCES TO BE PUNISHABLE ONLY BY THE

SUPREME COURT.”.

Inthe event of any inconsistency between the Sinhala and Tamil texts of this Act, the Sinhala text shal! prevail.

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