The Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, Attorney-at-Law
Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara raised a point of order questioning provisions of the Bill that he said would allow tenants to remain in premises despite non-payment of rent, while requiring cases to be concluded within nine months. He argued that existing laws, including the Rent Act and the Recovery of Possession of Premises Act, No. 1 of 2023, could have been amended instead, and asked whether the Bill unfairly protects tenants at the expense of property owners.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Sir, I rise to a point of order. Hon. Minister, give me a brief answer. Under this Bill, a tenant can simply stop paying rent and still remain without issue. The Bill says cases must be concluded within nine months. There is already the Rent Act and the Recovery of Possession of Premises Act, No. 1 of 2023. If you amended that, this issue would be solved. What you are doing now is protecting tenants while disregarding property owners. Is that fair?
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- Hansard, Tuesday, 3 February 2026 ·No. 23252 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, Attorney-at-Law. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 3 February 2026. No. 23252. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/8783