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Mobilization And Supplementary Forces (Amendment) Act
AN ACT TO AMEND THE MOBILIZATION AND SUPPLEMENTARY FORCES ACT, No. 40 OF 1985

BE it enacted by the Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka as follows:-

[6th August , 1996 ]
Short Title.

1. This Act may be cited as the Mobilization and Supplementary Forces (Amendment) Act, No. 19 of 1996.

Amendment of section 51 of the Mobilization and Supplementary Forces Act, No. 40 of 1985.

2. Section 51 of the Mobilization and Supplementary Forces Act, 40 of 1985, is hereby amended by the substitution, in the definition of, "student", for the words "means any citizen of Sri Lanka above the age of sixteen years", of the words "means any citizen of Sri Lanka above the age of fourteen years".

Sinhala text to prevail in case of inconsistency

3. In the event of any inconsistency between the Sinhala and Tamil texts of this Act, the Sinhala text shall prevail.