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Acts & Ordinances NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL (AMENDMENT) ACT Marginal Notes 1. This Act may be cited as the National Environmental (Amendment) Act, No. 15 of 2026. 2. Amendment of section 2 of the Act, No. 47 of 1980 3. Amendment of section 3 of principal enactment 4. Amendment of section 7 of the principal enactment 5. Amendment of section 8 of the principal enactment 6. Amendment of section 10 of the principal enactment 7. Amendment of section 12 of the principal enactment 8. Amendment of section 23A of the principal enactment 9. Amendment of section 23B of the principal enactment 10. Repeal of section 23C of the principal enactment 11. Replacement of section 23D of the principal enactment 12. Insertion of new section 23DA in the principal enactment 13. Amendment of section 23E of the principal enactment 14. Insertion of new Parts IVAA, IVAB and IVAC in the principal enactment 15. Amendment of section 23H of the principal enactment 16. Amendment of section 23K of the principal enactment 17. Amendment of section 23N of the principal enactment 18. Amendment of section 23R of the principal enactment 19. Insertion of section 23RA in the principal enactment 20. Amendment of section 23V of the principal enactment 21. Amendment of section 23W of the principal enactment 22. Insertion of new section 23WA in the principal enactment 23. Amendment of section 23AA of the principal enactment 24. Amendment of section 23BB of the principal enactment 25. Amendment of section 23DD of the principal enactment 26. Insertion of sections 23GG, 23HH and 23JJ in the principal enactment 27. Insertion of new Parts IVD, IVE, IVF and IVG to the principal enactment 28. Amendment of section 24A of the principal enactment 29. Insertion of new section 24AA in the principal enactment. 30. Amendment of section 24B of the principal enactment 31. Insertion of new section 24BA in the principal enactment. 32. Amendment of section 24C of the principal enactment 33. Insertion of new section 24CA in the principal enactment 34. Amendment of section 24D of the principal enactment 35. Replacement of section 27 of the principal enactment. 36. Insertion of new section 27a in the principal enactment. 37. Replacement of section 28 of the principal enactment. 38. Repeal of section 31 of the principal enactment 39. Insertion of new section 31A in the principal enactment 40. Amendment of section 32 of the principal enactment 41. Amendment of section 33 of the principal enactment 42. Sinhala text to prevail in case of inconsistency