The Hon. (Dr.) Anil Jayantha - Minister of Labour and Deputy Minister of Finance and Planning
The Minister moved for parliamentary approval of a regulation made under Section 66 of the Shop and Office Employees (Regulation of Employment and Remuneration) Act, No. 19 of 1954, dated 12 December 2025 and presented on 18 December 2025, noting that Cabinet approval had been notified. The motion was put to the House, after which the debate was opened and the Chair was transferred to the Deputy Speaker.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, I move:
¶ 02 “(Item 129(c)) That the Regulation made by the Minister of Labour under Section 66 of the Shop and Office Employees (Regulation of Employment and Remuneration) Act, No. 19 of 1954 on 12 December 2025, and presented on 18 December 2025, be approved. (Cabinet approval has been notified.)”
¶ 03 Question proposed.
¶ 04 To start the Debate, the Hon. Mahinda Jayasinghe. You have 13 minutes.
¶ 05 Order, please! The Hon. Deputy Speaker will now take the Chair.
¶ 06 Whereupon THE HON. SPEAKER left the Chair, and DEPUTY SPEAKER [THE HON. (DR.) RIZVIE SALIH] took the Chair.
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