15. Section 52 of the Local Authorities Elections Ordinance (Chapter 262) (hereinafter in this Part referred to as "the principal enactment") is hereby amended :-
| (a) by the insertion immediately after subsection (1) of that section, of the following subsection :-
| | "(1A) The presiding officer of a polling station or a person acting under his authority shall require any voter, before the ballot paper is delivered to the voter, to produce a valid identity document to ascertain his name and identity."; | | |
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| (b) by the substitution in paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of that section,for the words "refuses to make any such declaration.", of the words "refuses to make any such declaration or produce a valid identity document."; and |
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| (c) by the substitution in the marginal note to that section, for the words " make declaration.", of the words "make declaration and produce a valid identity document.". |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts