The Hon. Harshana Nanayakkara, Attorney-at-Law

Jathika Jana balawegaya· Colombo· 19 February 2026 ·Debate: Debate (continued): Poisons, Opium and Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) Bill and Judicature (Amendment) Bill

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Moved that Hon. Lakshman Nipuna Arachchi take the Chair. The motion was agreed to, after which Hon. Kitnan Selvaraj left the Chair and Hon. Lakshman Nipuna Arachchi assumed it.

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¶ 01 Hon. Presiding Member, I move that “Hon. Lakshman Nipuna Arachchi do now take the Chair.”

¶ 02 Question put, and agreed to.

¶ 03 Whereupon THE HON. KITNAN SELVARAJ left the Chair, and THE HON. LAKSHMAN NIPUNA ARACHCHI took the Chair.

¶ 04 [5.07 p.m.]

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Source: Hansard, Thursday, 19 February 2026 ·No. 23328 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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