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AN ACT TO AMEND THE SAMURDHI AUTHORITY OF SRI LANKA ACT, NO. 30 OF 1995
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BE it enacted by the Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka as follows :-
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[28th February
, 1997 ]
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Short title
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1. This Act may be cited as the Samurdhi Authority of Sri Lanka (Amendment) Act, No. of 1996
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Amendment of section 4 of
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2. Section 4 of the Samurdhi Authority of Sri Lanka Act, No. 30 of 1995 (hereinafter referred to as the “principal enactment” ) is hereby amended as follows :
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(i) in paragraph (f) of that section, by the substitution for the words “the programme,”, of the words “the programme;”; and
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(ii) by the insertion immediately after paragraph (f) of that section of the following paragraph :-
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“(g) providing relief by way of cash or otherwise to beneficiaries of the programme,”,
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Persons receiving relief under the janasaviya programme eligible to apply for relief under the Samurdhi National Programme.
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3. Every person who is the holder of a Certificate of Entitlement issued under the regulations made under the 15 janasaviya Act, No. 4 of 1985 and in force on the day immediately preceding the date of the repeal of the said Act, and is in receipt a cash payment of two hundred and fifty Rupees a month shall, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the principal enactment, be eligible to apply for relief 20 under the Samurdhi National Programme formulated under the principal enactment.
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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 and Tamil texts of this Act, the Sinhala text shall prevail.
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