82. Section 81c of the principal enactment is hereby amended in subsection (3) of that section by the substitution for paragraph (c) of that subsection of the following paragraph:-
| " (c) where the returning officer for any electoral area is satisfied, upon written application in that behalf made to him by any person (not being a candidate nominated by a recognized political party or an independent group) so as to reach such officer seven days before the day on which a poll is taken at any election in that area, that such person is unable, by reason of any physical disability, to convey himself to and from the poll on foot or in any public transport service referred to in paragraph (b) of this subsection, the returning officer may give such person written authority, to use any vehicle, vessel or animal for the purpose of conveying himself to and from the poll, and accordingly the use of a vehicle, vessel or animal for the purpose of such conveyance by such person shall be deemed not to be a contravention of the provisions of subsection (1).". |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts