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AN ACT TO AMEND THE CITIZENSHIP ACT.
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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 September
, 1993 ]
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Short title.
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1. This Act may be cited as the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, No. 43 of 1993.
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Insertion of new section 13A in Chapter 349.
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2. The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 13 of the Citizenship Act, (hereinafter referred to as ” the principal enactment”) and shall nave effect as section 13A of that Act:
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Registration as citizens, of persons registered in a Resident Guest Scheme.
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13A.
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(1) A person who has been granted a visa or endorsement under Part III of the Immigrants and Emigrants Act valid for a period of five years and has been registered in a Resident Guest Scheme approved by the Government for foreign investors and professionals may, on his making application in that behalf to the Minister, in the prescribed manner, be registered as a citizen of Sri Lanka if the Minister is satisfied
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(a) that
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(i) he has made a substantial contribution to the economic development of the country; or
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(ii) he has made a significant contribution to the social and cultural life of the country in the fields of science, education, medicine, archaeology, music, literature, agriculture or entertainment ; and
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(b) that he has been resident in Sri Lanka for the prescribed period and is, or intends to continue to be, ordinarily resident in Sri Lanka.
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(2) The number of persons registered as citizens of Sri Lanka under this section shall not exceed two hundred in any year and one thousand in the aggregate.
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(3) The fact that a person is registered under a Resident Guest Scheme approved by the Government for foreign investors and professionals shall not be construed as conferring a right on such person to be registered as a citizen of Sri Lanka under this section.
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(4) The Minister’s refusal under this section to allow the application of any person for registration as a citizen of Sri Lanka shall be final and shall not be contested in any court.”.
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Amendment of section 17 of the principal enactment.
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3. Section 17 of the principal enactment is hereby amend ed by the substitution for the words and figures “section 13 and, where”, of the words” and figures ” section 13 or section 13A and, where “.
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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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