The Hon. Kumara Jayakody
Kumara Jayakody moved amendments to Clause 8 of the Bill, including a wording change and the insertion of a provision treating the Minister-appointed Committee as a scheduled institution under the Anti-Corruption Act, No. 9 of 2023. The amendments were agreed to, Clause 8 as amended was ordered to stand part of the Bill, and Clauses 9 and 10 proceeded in Committee.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Presiding Member, I move the following amendments:
¶ 02 (1) "On page 8, line 27, delete and substitute the following:
¶ 03 'shall be eligible.'"
¶ 04 (2) "On page 8, immediately after line 27, insert the following:
¶ 05 '(2A) The Committee appointed by the Minister shall, in terms of the Anti-Corruption Act, No. 9 of 2023, be treated as a scheduled institution and the provisions of that Act shall be construed accordingly.'"
¶ 06 Amendments put, and agreed to.
¶ 07 Clause 8, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Bill.
¶ 08 Clause 9 ordered to stand part of the Bill.
¶ 09 Clause 10.- (Amendment of section 10 of the principal enactment)
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Cite as: The Hon. Kumara Jayakody. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 6 August 2025. No. 1755159820030645. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/17209