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| (1) Section 18 of the principal enactment is hereby amended in subsection (2) of that section, by the substitution in paragraph (a) of that subsection, for the words " and accordingly any reference in those Ordinances or in any other written law to any Town Council or Village Council shall be deemed to be a reference to a Development Council;", of the following : " and accordingly any reference in those Ordinances or in any other written law
| | (i) to any Town Council or Village Council shall be deemed to be a reference to a Development Council; and | | |
| | (ii) to any Chairman of a Town Council or to any Chairman of a Village Council shall be deemed to be a reference to the Executive Committee of a Development Council or any person or persons such Executive Committee has, by resolution, authorized in that behalf ; ". | | |
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| (2) The amendment made to section 18 of the principal enactment by subsection (1) of this section shall be deemed to have come into force on the date of commencement of the principal enactment, and accordingly the Order made by the Minister under subsection (2) of section 18 of the principal enactment, and published in Gazette Extraordinary No. 142/6 of May 28, 1981, shall be applicable to paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section 18 of the principal enactment, as amended by subsection (1) of this section. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts