Bills Presented

8 May 2025 ·Procedural: Procedural - Committee Matter and Staff Notice; Bills Presented

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Three Bills were presented: the Foreign Loans (Repeal) Bill to repeal the Foreign Loans Act, No. 29 of 1957; the Personal Data Protection (Amendment) Bill to amend the 2022 Act; and the National Transport Commission (Amendment) Bill to amend the 1991 Act. Hon. Bimal Rathnayake presented the first two on behalf of the relevant Ministers and the third in his capacity as Minister of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation. All three Bills were scheduled for Second Reading on 22 May 2025, ordered to be printed, and referred to the appropriate committees.

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¶ 01 FOREIGN LOANS (REPEAL) BILL

¶ 02 A Bill to repeal the Foreign Loans Act, No. 29 of 1957.

¶ 03 Presented by the Hon. Bimal Rathnayake on behalf of the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development; to be read a Second time upon Thursday, 22nd May, 2025 and to be printed; and to be referred to the Committee on Public Finance.

¶ 04 PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION (AMENDMENT) BILL

¶ 05 A Bill to amend the Personal Data Protection Act, No. 9 of 2022.

¶ 06 Presented by the Hon. Bimal Rathnayake on behalf of the Minister of Digital Economy; to be read a Second time upon Thursday, 22nd May, 2025 and to be printed; and to be referred to the relevant Sectoral Oversight Committee.

¶ 07 NATIONAL TRANSPORT COMMISSION (AMENDMENT) BILL

¶ 08 A Bill to amend the National Transport Commission Act, No. 37 of 1991.

¶ 09 Presented by the Hon. Bimal Rathnayake, Minister of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation; to be read a Second time upon Thursday, 22nd May, 2025 and to be printed; and to be referred to the relevant Sectoral Oversight Committee.

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