4. Where, prior to the date of the commencement of Act No. 14 of 1968, and with the sanction of the Minister of Local Government and Cultural Affairs, any Urban Council has-
| (a) incurred any expenditure in connexion with any civic reception, or the celebration or observance of any event or occasion of public interest, or any religious, charitable, cultural, health, recreational or educational purpose, or |
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| (b) voted any contribution towards the cost of any public entertainment or recreation, or towards the support of any library, or any educational, scientific, charitable or benevolent institution, or any religious, charitable, cultural, health or educational purpose, |
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such sanction and the expenditure or contributions so incurred or voted shall be deemed to have been and to be as valid and effectual as if the principal enactment under which such Council has been constituted had enabled such sanction to be given and such expenditure or contributions to be so incurred or voted. |
Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts