Ceylon (Constitution) Amendment Act (No. 29 of 1970)

Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts

Extension of term of office of certain Village Councils. Cap. 257

2. Section 13 of the Ceylon (Constitution) Order in Council,1946,is hereby amended as follows :

(1) in sub-section(3) thereof

(a) by the substitution for paragraph (b),of the following paragraph :

"(b)if he is

	(b) in paragraph (c), by the substitution for the words " Crown in the Island; ", of the following:

(2) by the addition at the end thereof, of the following new sub-section:

' (6) For the purposes of sub-section (3) of this section:

(a) " Armed Forces " means the Ceylon Army, the Royal Ceylon Navy and the Royal Ceylon Air Force;

(b) " police officer " means a member of the police force established under the Police Ordinance; and

(c) " Government Corporation " means a corporation the capital of which is wholly or partly subscribed by the Government.'.