The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake
Hon. Bimal Rathnayake clarified the timing of a Bill’s presentation following a point raised by Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, stating that the Gazette was printed before midnight on 30 July and therefore published from 31 July. He argued that the required seven-day period had elapsed by 6 August, making 7 August the eighth day and the Bill procedurally in order for presentation. He cited several past Bills as precedents for similar timing between gazetting and First Reading.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, as Government Whip’s Office places business on the Order Paper, and since Hon. Dayasiri raised a valid point, let me clarify. The Government Printer confirms the Gazette was printed before midnight on 30 July, hence published from 00:01 on 31 July. Counting 31 July to 6 August gives seven full days; today, 7 August, is the eighth day. Precedents include: - DFCC Bank (Repeal and Related Provisions) Bill: gazetted 03.10.2014; First Reading 10.10.2014. - Sri Lanka Atomic Energy Bill: gazetted 03.10.2014; First Reading 10.10.2014. - Dissolution Bill (2015): gazetted 19.09.2014; First Reading 26.09.2014. - Public Finance Management (Responsibility) (Amendment) Bill: gazetted 28.04.2021; presented 05.05.2021.
¶ 02 Accordingly, this Bill is in order to be presented today.
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Cite as: The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 7 August 2025. No. 1755509552009433. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/24296