The Hon. (Dr.) Anil Jayantha - Minister of Labour and Deputy Minister of Finance and Planning
During the Committee Stage consideration of the Bill, the Minister moved several amendments that were agreed to by the House. Clause 1 and Clause 11 were amended, while Clauses 4 and 9 were removed from the Bill after the relevant deletion amendments were approved. The remaining clauses, including Clauses 2, 3, 5 to 8, 10, and 12 to 27, were ordered to stand part of the Bill.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Clause 1 (Short title and date of operation): - Amendments moved: (1) On page 1, delete line 24. (2) On page 2, delete lines 1 and 2. Amendments put and agreed to. Clause 1, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Bill.
¶ 02 Clauses 2 and 3 ordered to stand part of the Bill.
¶ 03 Clause 4 (Amendment of section 18 of the principal enactment): - Amendment moved: On page 4, delete lines 11 to 27 (both inclusive). Amendment put and agreed to. Clause 4 ordered to be left out of the Bill.
¶ 04 Clauses 5 to 8 ordered to stand part of the Bill.
¶ 05 Clause 9 (Amendment of section 67 of the principal enactment): - Amendments moved: (1) On page 8, delete lines 6 to 33 (both inclusive). (2) On page 9, delete lines 1 to 32 (both inclusive). (3) On page 10, delete lines 1 to 6 (both inclusive). Amendments put and agreed to. Clause 9 ordered to be left out of the Bill.
¶ 06 Clause 10 ordered to stand part of the Bill.
¶ 07 Clause 11 (Amendment of section 69 of the principal enactment): - Amendment moved: On page 11, delete line 27 and substitute “residence visa in the following category”. Amendment put and agreed to. Clause 11, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Bill.
¶ 08 Clauses 12 to 27 ordered to stand part of the Bill.
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Cite as: The Hon. (Dr.) Anil Jayantha - Minister of Labour and Deputy Minister of Finance and Planning. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 19 May 2026. No. 23608. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/29284