14. Section 35 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows:
| (1) in sub-section (1) of that section by the omission of all the words from " after the decision " to "lodged"; |
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| (2) in sub-section (2) of that section by the omission of all the words and figures from " A polling station '' to the end of that sub-section; |
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| (3) in sub-section (3) of that section by the substitution, for paragraph (b) of that sub-section, of the following new paragraph:
| | " (b) the date on which the poll will be taken, such date,
| | | (i) in the case of a general election, being a date not less than three or more than eight weeks after the day of nomination, and |
| (ii) in case such election is to fill a vacancy in the seat of a Member for such district, being a date not less than three or more than five weeks after such day."; |
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| (4) in sub-section (3B) of that section by the substitution, for all the words from " Where " to " in any electoral district ", of the following: |
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| (5) by the insertion immediately after sub-section (3B) of that section of the following new sub-section: |
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| (6) by the insertion, immediately after sub-section (4) of that section, of the following new sub-section: |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts