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AN ACT TO AMEND THE NATIONAL DANGEROUS DRUGS CONTROL BOARD ACT, NO. 11 OF 1984
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BE it enacted by the Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka as follows: “
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[12th June
, 1990 ]
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Short title.
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1. This Act may be cited as the National Dangerous Drugs Control Board (Amendment) Act, No. 21 of 1990.
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Amendment of section 7 of Act No 11 of 1984.
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2. Section 7 of the National Dangerous Drugs Control Board Act, No. 11 of 1984 (hereinafter referred to as the ” principal enactment “) is hereby amended as follows :”
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(a) in paragraph (f) of that section, by the substitution, for the words ” abuse of dangerous drugs; and “, of the words ” abuse of dangerous drugs;” ;
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(b) in paragraph (g) of that section, by the substitution, for the words ” in drug control activities. “, of the words ” in drug control activities ; and “; and
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(c) by the addition at the end of that section of the following new paragraph :”
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” (h) acquire, hold, take or give on lease or hire, mortgage, pledge and sell or otherwise dispose of, any movable or immovable property. “.
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Addition of new section 13 in the principal enactment
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3. The following new section is hereby added immediately after section 12 and shall have effect as section 13 of the principal enactment:”
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” Special grant or lease of Crown property to the Board.
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13. Where any immovable property of the Crown is required for the purposes of the Board, such purpose shall be deemed to be a purpose for which a special grant or lease of such property may be made under section 6 of the Crown Lands Ordinance and accordingly, the provisions of that Ordinance shall apply to a special grant or lease of such property to the Board.”.
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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 text and Tamil text of this Act, the Sinhala text shall prevail.
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