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| FOURTH AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION |
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AN ACT TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA.
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WHEREAS the People of Sri Lanka have on the 20th day of October, 1982, reaffirmed their faith in the unremitting efforts made after July, 1977, to ensure a prosperous, just and free society:
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AND WHEREAS it is essential to ensure for a further term, the stability necessary for the continuation of the programme undertaken for the advancement and progress of the People of Sri Lanka and the realization of their aspirations:
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Now, therefore, be it enacted by the Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka as follows: –
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Short title.
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1. This Act may be cited as the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution.
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Amendment of Article 161 of he Constitution.
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2. Article 161 of the Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is hereby amended by the repeal of paragraph (e) of that Article and the substitution therefor, of the following new paragraph :-
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” (e) unless sooner dissolved, the First Parliament shall continue until August 4, 1989, and no longer, and shall thereupon stand dissolved, and the provisions of Article 70 (5) (b) shall, mutatis mutandis, apply.”.
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