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Railways (Amendment) Act (No. 49 of 1983) - Sect 2

Insertion of new section 2A in Chapter 200 [ 2, 49 of 1983]

2.The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 2 of the Railways Ordinance (hereinafter referred to as the " principal enactment") and shall have effect as section 2A of that enactment :-
2A.From and after the date of the coming into operation of this section-
(1) in every context in which the expression " Ceylon Government Railway" or its abbreviated form "C.G.R." or the expression " Ceylon Railways'' is mentioned in this Ordinance or in any written law or in any notice, communication, form or other document issued, made, required or authorized by or under any written law, there shall be substituted the expression "Sri Lanka Railways" or its abbreviated form "S.L.R. " for the expression "Sri Lanka Railways ", as the case may be ;
(2)any article bearing the letters it S.L.R. " (hereinafter referred to as " the official inscription ") in the English language only or in the English language and its equivalent in the Sinhala and Tamil languages or only in its equivalent in the Sinhala and Tamil languages shall be presumed to be the property of the Sri Lanka Railways; and
(3) any article which bears the letters "C.G.R." which was the official inscription prior to the 1 3th day of December, 1983, shall for all purposes be presumed to be the property of the Sri Lanka Railways.


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