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J. R. Jayewardene who came to office in July 1977 with a five-sixths majority passed the second amendment to the 1972 Constitution on 4 October 1977, which made the presidency an executive post. Under its provisions, then Prime Minister Jayawardene automatically became the first Executive President of Sri Lanka on 4 February 1978. [8]
Pages in category "Amendments of the Constitution of Sri Lanka" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The 20th Amendment (20A) to the Constitution of Sri Lanka was passed on 22 October 2020 by the 225-member Sri Lankan Parliament. 156 voted in favor, 65 voted against and four abstained from the vote. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
In late October, Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena made four decisions that have unleashed a constitutional crisis: He and his coalition withdrew from the national unity government ...
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.
Amendment 5 — Homestead exemption inflation adjustment: A good idea, and overdue. It would end the necessity of passing amendments in the future to accomplish this reasonable accommodation for ...
Board of Investment of Sri Lanka (Amendment) Act 2012: 15 February: 4/2012: 71: Tax Appeals Commission Act 2012: 15 February: 5/2012: 72: Central Colleges Past Pupils' Association of Sri Lanka (Incorporation) Act 2012: 21 February: 6/2012: 73: Rahula College Matara Act 2012: 8 March: 7/2012: 74: Value Added Tax Act 2012: 30 March: 8/2012: 75
Since independence, Sri Lanka has been continuously led by either the United National Party, the Sri Lanka Freedom Party, or coalitions headed by one of the two parties.. The Sri Lanka Freedom Party, led by Sirimavo Bandaranaike, won a five-year term in the 1970 parliamentary elections, obtaining over the two-thirds supermajority in Parliament required pass constitutional amendmen