Speaker Announces Supreme Court Determination on the “Twenty-Second Amendment to the Constitution” and the “Judicature (Amendment)” Bills to Parliament
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Speaker Dr. Jagath Wickramaratne today (22) announced to Parliament the determination of the Supreme Court concerning the Bills titled the “Twenty-Second Amendment to the Constitution” and the “Judicature (Amendment)”.
The announcement is as follows:
I wish to announce that I have received the Determination of the Supreme Court in respect of the Bills titled “Twenty Second Amendment to the Constitution” and “Judicature” (Amendment)” which were challenged in the Supreme Court under Article 121 (1) of the Constitution.
The Supreme Court has determined that;
• The provisions of the “Twenty Second Amendment To The Constitution” Bill or any part thereof does not require approval by the people at a Referendum by virtue of the provisions of Article 83 of the Constitution.
• In the proviso appearing in Clause 2 of the “Twenty Second Amendment To The Constitution” Bill, the phrase “හැට හතට එලඹෙන දිනය” appearing therein shall be replaced with the phrase “හැට හත සම්පූර්ණ කළ දිනය”
• The following to be added as the second proviso to Clause 2 of the “Twenty Second Amendment To The Constitution” Bill:
“Provided further that the term limit of six years set out in the first proviso will not apply to any person holding the office of the Chief Justice as at the date of coming into operation of this Act”
The Supreme Court has further determined that;
• The provisions of the “Judicature” (Amendment)” Bill are not inconsistent with the Constitution and may be passed by the simple majority of the Parliament
I order that the Full Determination of the Supreme Court be printed in the official report of today’s proceedings.
