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AN ACT TO AMEND THE INDEMNITY ACT, NO. 20 OF 1982
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BE it enacted by the Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka as follows:
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[17th December
, 1988 ]
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Short title,
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1. This Act may be cited as Indemnity (Amendment) Act, No. 60 of 1988.
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Amendment of long title to Act No. 20 of 1982.
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2. The long title to the Indemnity Act, No. 20 of 1982 (hereinafter referred to as the “principal enactment”) is
hereby amended by the substitution for the words and figures ” to August 31, 1977 “, of the words ” to the relevant date “.
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Amendment of the principal enactment.
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3. Section 2 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the substitution for the words and figures to
August 31, 1977 ” in that section, of the words to the relevant date .
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Addition of new section 3 in the principal enactment.
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4. The following new section is hereby added immediately after section 2 of the principal enactment, and shall
have effect as section 3 of that enactment:
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‘ Interpretation.
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3. For the purposes of this Act ” relevant date ” means the day preceding the date on which the provisions of this section comes into force.’.
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