Constitution of Sri Lanka/Fifth Amendment

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The Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka dealt with vacancies in the first Parliament. The amendment came into effect on 25 February 1983.

Chapter:	I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII, XIV, XV, XVI, XVII, XVIIA, XVIII, XIX, XX, XXI, XXII, XXIII, XXIV

Schedule:	1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th

Amendment:	1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th

1048900Constitution of Sri Lanka — Fifth AmendmentThe Government of Sri Lanka

Section 1 Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution.

Section 2 Amendment of Article 161 of the Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

2. Article 161 of the Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is hereby amended in sub-paragraph (iii) of paragraph (d) of that Article as follows:-

(a) by the substitution, for the words " in respect of which the vacancy occurred ;", of the words " in respect of which the vacancy occurred : " ; and

(b) by the addition, at the end of that sub-paragraph, of the following proviso :-

Section 1 Short title

Section 2 Amendment of Article 161 of the Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

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