3. The status of Sri Lanka citizen by registration shall be granted to the 469,000 persons referred to in section 2 in the following manner:
| (a) 289,140 persons shall be granted such status under the Indo-Ceylon Agreement Implementation) Act, No. 14 of 1967, in accordance with subsection (3) of section 8 of that Act;
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| (b) upon the 289,140 persons referred to in paragraph (a)being granted such status, the balance 179,860 persons shall upon their subscribing the oath or affirmation of citizenship, in the prescribed form, within the prescribed period, be granted such status by the Minister.
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts