View All - 2016 Acts Section No : Acts & Ordinances REGISTRATION OF PERSONS (AMENDMENT) ACTMarginal Notes1. This Act may be cited as the Registration of Persons (Amendment) Act, No. 8 of 2016.2. Replacementof the Long Title to the Registration of Persons Act, No.32 of 1968.3. "Commissioner for the Registration of Persons","Register of Persons", "Identity Cards" and "three copies of the photograph or a photograph" to be known as "Commissioner- General for the Registration of Persons", "National Register of Persons" , "National Identity Cards" and "photographs".4. Insertion of new Part 1A in the principal enactment.5. Replacement of section 2 of the principal enactment.6. Amendment of Part I of the principal enactment.7. Amendment of the section 3 of the principal enactment.8. Amendment of section 4 of the principal enactment. 9. Amendment of section 5 of the principal enactment.10. Replacement of section 6 of the principal enactment. 11. Insertion of new section 6A in the principal enactment.12. Amendment of section 9 of the principal enactment.13. Amendment of section 10 of the principal enactment. 14. Amendment of section 11 of the principal enactment.15. Replacement of section 14 of the principal enactment. 16. Replacement of section 15 of the principal enactment. 17. Amendment of section 16 of the principal enactment. 18. Amendment of section17 of the principal enactment. 19. Amendment of section 18 of the principal enactment. 20. Amendment of section 19 of the principal enactment.21. Amendment of section 22 of the principal enactment22. Amendment of section 33 of the principal enactment.23. Replacement of section 36A of the principal enactment.24. Amendment of section 37 of the principal enactment. 25. Insertion of new sections39A, 39B, 39C, 39D, 39E and 39F in the principal enactment. 26. Amendment of section 40 of the principal enactment. 27. Replacement of section 43 of the principal enactment.28. Replacement of section 44 of the principal enactment.29. Amendment of section 46 of the principal enactment.30. Amendment of section 52 of the principal enactment.31. Amendment of section 55 of the principal enactment. 32. Special provisions relating to the registration of the holders of identity cards under the principal enactment.33. Special provisions relating to certain persons who are deemed to be not guilty of an offence under section 44 of the principal enactment. 34. Special provisions relating to the infrastructure arrangements etc.35. Sinhala text to prevail in caseof inconsistency.