The Hon. Hesha Withanage Ankumbura Arachchi
Asked whether the proposed upper age limit of 75 years for Justices of the Peace is fair, given that the role is honorary and comparable public or legal functions, such as lawyers appearing in court and Governors serving, have no similar age bar. The question sought clarification on the rationale for imposing an age restriction on JPs.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 My second supplementary: You have set an upper age limit of 75 years. Given that there is no age bar for lawyers to appear in court and even Governors have served at advanced ages, is it fair to limit the age for a JP, which is an honorary office?
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- Hansard, Friday, 6 March 2026 ·No. 23376 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Hesha Withanage Ankumbura Arachchi. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 6 March 2026. No. 23376. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/5080