Parliamentary Pensions (Amendment)

Parliamentary Pensions (Amendment) AN ACT TO AMEND THE PARLIAMENTARY PENSIONS LAW, NO. 1 OF 1977. BE it enacted by the Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka as follows :- Short title. 1. This Act may be cited as the Parliamentary Pensions (Amendment) Act. No, 50 of 1979. Replacement of section 13 of Law No. 1 of 1977. 2. Section 13 of the Parliamentary Pensions Law, No. 1 of 1977, is hereby repealed and the following new section substituted therefor :- Interpretation. 13. In this Law, unless the context otherwise requires – ” Member of the Legislature ” means a person who has been (a) elected or appointed as a Member of the State Council established under the Ceylon (State Council) Order in Council, 1931; or (b) elected or appointed as a Member of the House of Representatives established under the Ceylon (Constitution) Order in Council, 1946, and includes a Member of the First National State Assembly within the meaning of section 42 of the Constitution of Sri Lanka, 1972 ; or (c) elected as a Member of the National State Assembly established under the Constitution of Sri Lanka, 1972, and includes a Member of the First Parliament within the meaning of Article 161 of the Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, 1978 ; or (d) elected as a Member of the Parliament established under the Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, 1978.