2. Section 3 of the Ceylon (Constitution) Order in Council, 1946, (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the " principal Order ") is hereby amended in sub-section (1) thereof as follows: -
| (1) in the definition of " adjourn " by the substitution, for the expression " the Senate or the House of Representatives, as the case may be;", of the expression " the House of Representatives;" |
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| (2) by the omission of the definition of " President "; |
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| (3) in the definition of " public officer " by the substitution-
| | (a) in paragraph (b) of that definition, for the expression " the President, the " of the word " the "; | | |
| | (b) in paragraph (b) of that definition, for the expression "the Senate or the ", of the word '' the "; | | |
| | (c) in paragraph (c) of that definition, for the expression "the Clerk to the Senate, the ", of the word " the "; | | |
| | (d) in paragraph (c) of that definition, for the expression " the Clerk to the Senate or the ", of the word " the " (e) in paragraph | | |
| | (e)in paragraph (e) of that definition, for the expression " a Senator or a " of the word " a ": | | |
| | (f) in paragraph (e) of that definition, for the expression "as a Senator or ", of the expression "as a"; | | |
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| (4) by the omission of the definition of " Senator "; and |
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| (5) in the definition of " sitting "-
| | (a) by the substitution, for the expression " the Senate or the House of Representatives, as the case may be,", of the expression " the House of Representatives ": | | |
| | (b) by the omission of the expression " the Senate or ". | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts