Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The concept of registration of persons and issuing identity cards was the subject of an agreement made between India and Sri Lanka in 1954, The draft bill submitted to the Sri Lankan parliament in 1962 was passed as the Act of Registration of Persons No. 32 of 1968. With the aim of activating the provisions of this Act, the Department of ...
At the top center of the card the word "Sri Lanka" is printed in the Sinhala and Tamil languages. The purple number on the right of the Sri Lankan emblem represents the Province from which the application was made. The numbers range from 1–9. The numbering convention is as follows: 1. Western Province; 2. Central Province; 3. Southern ...
Sri Lankan nationality law details the conditions in which a person is a national of Sri Lanka. The primary law governing nationality regulations is the Ceylon Citizenship Act, which came into force on 15 November 1948. Any person born in Sri Lanka to a Sri Lankan parent is automatically a citizen by descent.
Sri Lanka, historically known as Ceylon, and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean , southwest of the Bay of Bengal , separated from the Indian peninsula by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait .
Sri Lankan license plate - Western Province - front side Sri Lankan license plate - Southern Province - rear side. Vehicle registration plates of Sri Lanka (known in Sri Lanka as "number plates") started soon after introduction of motorcars in 1903. Initially the numbers started with Q, and the oldest existing plate is "Q 53" of a 1903 Wolsley.
Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna: 22 November 2019 12 August 2020 Gotabaya Rajapaksa: Minister of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government [32] Sarath Weerasekara: Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna: 26 November 2020 18 April 2022 Minister of Public Security [33] Prasanna Ranatunga: Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna: 18 April ...
On 7 October 2003 the Sri Lankan Parliament unanimously passed the Grant of Citizenship to Persons of Indian Origin Act No.35 of 2003 which granted Sri Lankan citizenship to all Indian Tamils who had been residing in Sri Lanka since October 1964 and their descendants. This amounted to 168,141 persons and included those who had been granted ...
In Sri Lanka, the driving licence is the official document which authorises its holder to operate various types of motor vehicle on public roads. They are administered by the Department of Motor Traffic (DMT). A licence is required to drive on a public road and a minimum age is 18 years for all vehicles.