Municipal Councils (Amendment) Law

Municipal Councils (Amendment) Law A LAW TO AMEND THE MUNICIPAL COUNCILS ORDINANCE. BE it enacted by the National State Assembly of the Republic of Sri Lanka as follows: Short title. 1. This Law may be cited as the Municipal Councils (Amendment) Law, No. 5 of 1975. Insertion of new section 184B in Chapter 252. 2. The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 184A of the Municipal Councils Ordinance, and shall have effect as section 184B of that Ordinance: ” Power to grant full pension to members of the Local Government Service who had exercised option of commutation of pension. 184B. Any member of the Local Government Service employed by a Municipal Council, who retires or has retired from such service and who exercises or has exercised the option of commutation of his pension, may, with effect from the date following the expiry of a period of twelve years and six months from the date of his retirement or from January 1, 1973, whichever-date is the later, be paid by that Council, the full pension which would have been paid to him had he not exercised such option. In this section, ” member of the Local Government Service ” means member of the Local Government Service constituted by- (a) the Local Government Service Ordinance (Chapter 264); or (b) the Local Government Service Act, No. 18 of 1969; or (c) the Local Government Service Law, No. 16 of 1974.