Constitution of Sri Lanka/Fifth Amendment

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The Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka dealt with vacancies in the first Parliament. The amendment came into effect on 25 February 1983.

Chapter:

I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII, XIV, XV, XVI, XVII, XVIIA, XVIII, XIX, XX, XXI, XXII, XXIII, XXIV

Schedule:

1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th

Amendment:

1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th

1048900Constitution of Sri Lanka — Fifth AmendmentThe Government of Sri Lanka

Section 1 Short title

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1. This Act may be cited as the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution.

Section 2 Amendment of Article 161 of the Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

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2. Article 161 of the Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is hereby amended in sub-paragraph (iii) of paragraph (d) of that Article as follows:-

(a) by the substitution, for the words " in respect of which the vacancy occurred ;", of the words " in respect of which the vacancy occurred : " ; and
(b) by the addition, at the end of that sub-paragraph, of the following proviso :-
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