Passport (Regulation) And Exit Permit (Amendment)

Passport (Regulation) And Exit Permit (Amendment) AN ACT TO AMEND THE PASSPORT (REGULATION) AND EXIT PERMIT ACT,NO.53 OF 1971 BE it enacted of by the Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, as follows: Short title. 1.Act may be cited as the Passport (Regulation) and Exit Permit (Amendment) Act, No. 1 of 1980. Replacement of section 5 of Act No 53 of 1971. 2. Section 5 of the Passport (Regulation) and Exit Permit Act, No. 53 of 1971 (hereinafter referred to as the “principal enactment”) is hereby repealed and the following new section substituted therefor: Period of validity or passports and emergency certificates. 5. (1) The duration of validity of a passport shall be a period not exceeding five years. The competent authority may from time to time renew the validity of such passport for a further period not exceeding five years so however that the total period of validity of such passport shall not exceed ten years from the date of its issue. (2) The duration of validity of an emergency certificate shall be a period not exceeding two years. The competent authority may from time to time renew the validity date of expiry of such certificate. (3) The competent authority, in fixing the duration of validity of such passport or emergency certificate or renewal thereof emergency certificate or renewal thereof shall have regard to the requirements and circumstances of each case. Replacement of section 9 of the principal enactment. 3. Section 9 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following new section substituted therefor: – “Fees for the issue and renewal of passports, diplomatic passports and emergency certificates. 9. (1) The fee for the issue of a passport shall be rupees one hundred and the fee for its renewal shall be rupees twenty per a annum. (2) The fee for the issue of a diplomatic passport shall be rupees one hundred and the fee for its renewal shall be rupees twenty per annum. 3.The fee for the issue of an emergency certificate shall be rupees twenty five and the fee to its renewal shall be rupees ten per annum. (4) The fee for the alteration of a passport shall be rupees twenty. (5) The fee for the alteration of an emergency certificate shall be rupees ten.”. Retrospective effect of amendments. 4.The amendments made to the principal enactment by sections 2 and 3 of this Act shall be deemed for all purposes to have come into force on November 15, 1979.