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On 29 July 1987, Indo-Sri Lanka Accord was signed between Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Sri Lankan President J.R. Jayewardene which stated the devolution of powers to the provinces. [3] Hence on 14 November 1987 the Sri Lankan Parliament passed the 13th Amendment to the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka and the Provincial Councils Act No ...
To repeal Article 96A to eliminate zones and to reduce the cut-off point to 1/20th Sixteenth Amendment 17 December 1988 To make provision for Sinhala and Tamil to be Languages of Administration and Legislation Seventeenth Amendment 3 October 2001 To make provisions for the Constitutional Council of Sri Lanka and Independent Commissions
The birth rate is 13.8 births per 1,000 people, ... Buddhism is the largest and is considered as an "Official religion" of Sri Lanka under Chapter II, Article 9, ...
The Sri Lankan Constitution of 1972 was a constitution of Sri Lanka, replaced by the 1978 constitution currently in force. It was Sri Lanka's first republican constitution, and its second since independence in 1948. The constitution changed the country's name from Ceylon to Sri Lanka, and established it as an independent republic.
Freedom of the press in Sri Lanka is guaranteed by Article 14(1)(a) of the Constitution of Sri Lanka which gives every citizen "the freedom of speech and expression including publication". [1] But under some government's there was widespread suppression of the media, particularly those critical of those governments.
The Report of the Secretary-General's Panel of Experts on Accountability in Sri Lanka was a 2011 report produced by a panel of experts appointed by United Nations Secretary-General (UNSG) Ban Ki-moon to advise him on the issue of accountability with regard to any alleged violations of international human rights and humanitarian law during the final stages of the Sri Lankan Civil War. [1]
Sri Lanka Chamber of Small Industry (Incorporation) (Amendment) Act 2010: 13 January: 2/2010: Wariyapola Rajamaha Vihara Development Foundation (Incorporation) Act 2010: 21 January: 3/2010: Hampton Village Sri Lanka Trust (Incorporation) Act 2010: 9 February: 4/2010: Siriniwes Prajamithra Sahayogitha Kendraya (Incorporation) Act 2010: 9 ...
The council adopted a resolution on promoting reconciliation and accountability in Sri Lanka, urging the Sri Lankan government to implement constructive recommendations made in the LLRC report. [85] The resolution welcomed the constructive recommendations contained in the report and noted with concern that the report did not adequately address ...