81. Section 81B of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the repeal of subsection (1) of that section and the substitution therefor of the following; subsection:-
| " (1) During the period commencing on the first day of the nomination period of any election under this Ordinance and ending on the day following: the day on which the poll is taken at such election, no person shall, for the purposes of promoting the election of any candidate of a recognized political party or independent group at such election, display-
| | (a) in any premises, whether public or private, any flag or banner except in or on any vehicle that is used for the conveyance of a candidate nominated by a recognized political party or independent group at such election; or | | |
| | (b) any handbill, placard, poster, notice or sign on any place to which the public have a right of, or are granted, access except in or on any premises on any day on which a meeting in support of a candidate nominated by a recognized political party or independent group at such election is due to be held in that premises; or | | |
| | (c) any handbill, placard, poster, notice or sign, flag or banner, on or across any" public road; or | | |
| | (d) any handbill, placard, poster, notice or sign in or on any vehicle, except in or on any vehicle that is used for the conveyance of a candidate nominated by a recognized political party or independent group at such election."'- | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts