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AN ACT TO AMEND THE WIDOWERS’ AND ORPHANS’ PENSION ACT
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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 December
, 1998 ]
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Short title.
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1. This Act may be cited as the widowers’ and Orphans’ Pension (Amendment) Act, No. 65 of 1998.
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Amendment of section 12 of Act No 24 of 1983.
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2. Section 12 of the Widowers’ and Orphans’ Pension Act is hereby amended by the insertion, at the end of that section, of the following proviso :-
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” Provided however, that a male orphan or an unmarried female orphan, of the age of twenty-one years or more shall, so long he or she is unemployed, be entitled to the allowance or pension until he or she attains the age of twenty-six years.”.
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Sinhala text to prevail in case of inconsistency.
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3. In the event of any inconsistency between the Sinhala and Tamil texts of this Act, the Sinhala text shall prevail.
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