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AN ACT TO DECLARE CERTAIN ARCHAEOLOGICAL- ACTIVITIES, SITES, AND REMAINS, ANTIQUITIES, ANCIENT AND HISTOTICAL MONUMENTS AND RECORDS AS BEING OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE.
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BE it enacted by the Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka as follows: ”
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[20th April
, 1990 ]
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Short title.
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1. This Act may be cited as the Archaeological sites of National Importance Act, No. 16 of 1990.
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Archaeological sites c. of national Importance.
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2.
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(1) The archaeological activities, sites and remains described in the First Schedule to this act are hereby declared, for the purpose of the Ninth Schedule to the Constitution, to be of national importance.
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(2) The Minister may, by Order published in the Gazette, declare any other archaeological activities, sites and remains not described in the First Schedule to this Act, or any antiquities to be of national importance.
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(a) Every Order made under subsection (2) shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Gazette and shall be brought before Parliament within a period of one month from the date of the publication of such Order in the Gazette, or if no meeting of Parliament is held within such period, at the first meeting of Parliament held after that period, with a motion that such Order be approved.
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(b) Any Order made under subsection (2) which Parliament refuses to approve shall, with effect from the date of such refusal, be deemed to be revoked but without prejudice to the validity of anything’ done thereunder. Notification of the date on which any such Order is deemed to be revoked shall be published in the Gazette.
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Ancient and historical monuments and records of national importance.
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(1) The ancient and historical monuments described in the Second Schedule to this Act are hereby declared, for the purposes of the Ninth Schedule to the Constitution, to be of national importance.
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(2) The Minister may, by Order published in the Gazette, declare any other ancient and historical monument not described in the Second Schedule to this Act, or any ancient and historical record to be of national importance.
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(3)
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(a) Every Order made under subsection (2) shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Gazette and shall be brought before Parliament within a period of one month from the date of the publication of such Order in the Gazette, or if no meeting of parliament is held within such period at the first meeting of Parliament held after that period, with a motion that such Order be approved.
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(b) Any Order made under subsection (2) which Parliament refuses to approve shall, with effect from the date of such refusal, be deemed to be revoked but without prejudice to the validity of anything done thereunder. Notification of the date on which any such Order is deemed to be revoked shall be published in the Gazette.
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Sinhala text to prevail in case of inconsistency.
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4. In the event of any inconsistency between the Sinhala and Tamil texts of this Act, the Sinhala text shall prevail.
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Schedules
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