Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts Sri Lanka Consolidated ActsProvision in regard to residue of state less persons
| 7. If after the 506,000 persons referred to in the preamble to this Act, are granted Indian citizenship, and the 469,000 persons referred to in section 2 are granted the status of Sri Lanka citizen by registration, there still remain in Sri Lanka, any persons of Indian origin, who are lawfully resident in Sri Lanka and are stateless, the Minister shall grant the status of Sri Lanka citizen to such person in accordance with such procedure as may be prescribed. |