The Hon. (Prof.) A.H.M.H. Abayarathna
Moved amendments to Clause 77 of the Bill to revise the wording on the Authority’s rule-making powers and to delete a specified line on page 52. The amendments were agreed to, Clause 77 was passed as amended, Clauses 78 to 80 along with the Enacting Clause and Title were approved, and the Bill was reported with amendments.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 I move the following Amendments:
¶ 02 (1) On page 52, delete line 21 and substitute: “77. (1) The Authority may make rules in respect of matters which are required by this Act to be prescribed or in respect of which Rules are authorized or required to be made. (2) Without prejudice to the generality of the powers conferred by subsection (1), the Authority may make rules in respect of the following matters.”
¶ 03 (2) On page 52, delete line 26.
¶ 04 Amendments put, and agreed to.
¶ 05 Clause 77, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Bill.
¶ 06 Clauses 78 to 80 ordered to stand part of the Bill.
¶ 07 Enacting Clause and Title ordered to stand part of the Bill.
¶ 08 Bill reported with Amendments.
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