The Hon. Anuradha Jayaratne
Anuradha Jayaratne urged that land for a proposed lawyers’ complex in Kandy be provided at acquisition value as agreed with the Urban Development Authority, citing precedents in Matara, Weligama, Ratnapura and Gampola where public land was used for similar facilities. He said the complex would support around 200 new lawyers in the Kandy District and called for further reform legislation. He also thanked ministry officials, the Legal Draftsman’s Department and the Attorney General’s Department for their role in enabling the passage of 36 Acts.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Sir, give me one more minute, please.
¶ 02 Similarly, the land acquired by the Matara Weligama Divisional Secretary and the Ratnapura Court Complex: in Gampola too, the lawyers’ complex was built on Divisional Secretary’s land. These are precedents. Otherwise, nothing will ever be built. I request that, as agreed with the UDA, land be given at the acquisition value so we can build the complex, enabling around 200 new lawyers in Kandy District to practice. Please also bring more reform legislation to take the country forward. I thank the Secretaries, Additional Secretaries, Legal Draftsman’s Department and Attorney General’s Department officials who worked efficiently; without them, 36 Acts could not have been brought. I conclude.
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Cite as: The Hon. Anuradha Jayaratne. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 1 March 2025. No. 1741955797040395. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/288