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Citizenship (Amendment) Act (No. 43 of 1993) - Sect 2

Insertion of new section 13A in Chapter 349

2. The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 13 of the Citizenship Act, (hereinafter referred to as " the principal enactment") and shall nave effect as section 13A of that Act:
13A.
(1) A person who has been granted a visa or endorsement under Part III of the Immigrants and Emigrants Act valid for a period of five years and has been registered in a Resident Guest Scheme approved by the Government for foreign investors and professionals may, on his making application in that behalf to the Minister, in the prescribed manner, be registered as a citizen of Sri Lanka if the Minister is satisfied
(a) that
(b) that he has been resident in Sri Lanka for the prescribed period and is, or intends to continue to be, ordinarily resident in Sri Lanka.
(2) The number of persons registered as citizens of Sri Lanka under this section shall not exceed two hundred in any year and one thousand in the aggregate.
(3) The fact that a person is registered under a Resident Guest Scheme approved by the Government for foreign investors and professionals shall not be construed as conferring a right on such person to be registered as a citizen of Sri Lanka under this section.
(4) The Minister's refusal under this section to allow the application of any person for registration as a citizen of Sri Lanka shall be final and shall not be contested in any court.".

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