Speaker Appoints Parliamentary Select Committee on Provincial Council Electoral System
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- February 20, 2026
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Speaker Endorses “Sri Lanka Institute of Real Estate Professionals” Bill
Hon. Speaker Dr. Jagath Wickramaratne today (Feb. 20) informed Parliament of the names of the Hon. Members appointed to serve on the Select Committee of Parliament to look into and report to Parliament on the matter of selecting the Electoral System under which the Provincial Council Elections should be held and submit its proposals and recommendations in that regard.
Accordingly, the Select Committee will be chaired by Hon. Minister Vijitha Herath. The other appointed Hon. Members are: Muneer Mulaffer, Attorney-at-Law Sunil Watagala, Arun Hemachandra, R.M. Ranjith Madduma Bandara, Mano Ganesan, Lakshman Nipuna Arachchi, Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam, Samanmalee Gunasinghe, Dharmapriya Wijesinghe, Chandana Sooriyarachchi, and M. Nizam Kariapper, PC.
Meanwhile, in terms of Article 79 of the Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, the Hon. Speaker announced in Parliament that he had endorsed the certificate on 19.02.2026 in respect of the Bill titled “Institute of Real Estate Professionals, Sri Lanka”
The Bill was presented to Parliament for First Reading on 05.12.2025 by the Hon. Minister of Transport, Highways and Urban Development, and was passed by Parliament on 05.02.2026.
The objective of the Bill is to provide for the establishment of the Sri Lanka Institute of Real Estate Professionals, which will be responsible for maintaining professional standards and discipline among its members, to protect and promote public interest in relation to the real estate profession and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Accordingly, the “Institute of Real Estate Professionals, Sri Lanka” Bill comes into force as the Institute of Real Estate Professionals, Sri Lanka Act, No. 6 of 2026.
