54. Section 47 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following section substituted therefor : -
| 47. Every ballot paper shall be substantially in the form as set out in the Third Schedule, and-
| | (a) shall contain the names of the recognized political parties contesting the election in Sinhala, Tamil and English, arranged alphabetically in Sinhala in the order of the names . of such parties and with the symbol allotted to each such party set out against the name of each such party, and immediately thereafter, if there are any independent groups contesting the election, the words, " Independent Group " repeated for each such group and the distinguishing number in the serial order and the symbol allotted to each such group set out against the distinguishing number of such group ; | | |
| | (b) shall be capable of being folded up; | | |
| | (c) shall have a number printed on the back ; and | | |
| | (d) shall have attached a counterfoil with the same number printed on the face." | | |
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