The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake
Moved approval of Defence Ministry regulations under the Navy Act and Air Force Act, both published in Gazette Extraordinary Nos. 2423/35 and 2423/36 of 15 February 2025 and laid before Parliament on 17 March 2026; both motions were agreed to. He also moved approval of a Presidential Proclamation under the Public Security Ordinance bringing Part II of the Ordinance into operation islandwide from 28 March 2026, after which the question was proposed.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 On behalf of the Prime Minister and the Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education, I move:
¶ 02 That the Regulations made by the Minister of Defence under Section 161 of the Navy Act, published in Gazette Extraordinary No. 2423/35 of 15th February 2025, and laid on 17.03.2026, be approved. (Cabinet approval granted.)
¶ 03 Question put, and agreed to.
¶ 04 I further move:
¶ 05 That the Regulations made by the Minister of Defence under Sections 29 and 155 of the Air Force Act, published in Gazette Extraordinary No. 2423/36 of 15th February 2025, and laid on 17.03.2026, be approved. (Cabinet approval granted.)
¶ 06 Question put, and agreed to.
¶ 07 I further move:
¶ 08 That the Proclamation made by the President under Section 2 of the Public Security Ordinance (Chapter 40), as amended by Acts Nos. 8 of 1959, 6 of 1978 (NRPC) and 28 of 1988, bringing Part II of the said Ordinance into operation in the whole of Sri Lanka with effect from 28th March 2026, be approved.
¶ 09 Question proposed.
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Cite as: The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 9 April 2026. No. 23475. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/28649