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| National Defence Fund (Amendment) Act |
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AN ACT TO AMEND THE NATIONAL DEFENCE FUND ACT, NO. 9 OF 1985
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BE it enacted by the Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka as follows:-
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[22nd June
, 2018 ]
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Short title.
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1. This Act may be cited as the National Defence Fund (Amendment) Act, No. 16 of 2018.
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Amendment of section 3 of Act, No. 9 of 1985.
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2. Section 3 of National Defence Fund Act, No. 9 of 1985 (hereinafter referred to as the "principal enactment") is hereby amended as follows:-
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(1) by the repeal of paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (2) of that section and substitution therefor of the following paragraph:-
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"(a) the following ex-officio members:-
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(i) the Secretary to the President of the Republic;
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(ii) the Secretary to the Ministry of the Minister assigned the subject of Defence; and";
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(2) by relettering the paragraph (c) of subsection (2) of that section as paragraph (b); and
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(3) by the substitution in subsections (3) and (4), for the words and figures "paragraph (c) of subsection (2)", of the words and figures "paragraph (b) of subsection (2)".
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Amendment of section 6 of the principal enactment.
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3. Section 6 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the substitution for the words "The President", of the words "The Secretary to the President of the Republic".
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Amendment of section 13 of the principal enactment.
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4. Section 13 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the substitution for the word "Finance,", of the word "Defence,".
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Sinhala text to prevail in case of inconsistency.
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5. In the event of any inconsistency between the Sinhala and Tamil texts of this Act, the Sinhala text shall prevail.
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