. 7 and substituted by the SeventeenthAmendmentto the Constitution Sec. . . ]The Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka156158. (4) Every police officer made available to the Commissionunder paragraph (2) of this Article, shall be responsible to andact under the direction and control of the Commission during theperiod of an election. . 1 MemberNuwara-Eliya District . . 91INDEPENDENCE OF THE JUDICIARY107 Appointment and removal of Judges of the Supreme Court and Courtof Appeal.. . 4146 Tenure of office of the Prime Minister, and the limitation of numbersand tenure of office of Ministers and Deputy Ministers .. . . . . (1) The Council shall meet at least twice every month,and as often as may be necessary to discharge the functionsassigned to the Council by the provisions of this Chapter or byany law, and such meetings shall be summoned by the SecretaryGeneral to the Council on the direction of the Chairman of theCouncil.Secretary-Generaland other officers ofthe CouncilMeetings of theCouncilThe Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka38(2) The Chairman shall preside at all meetings of the Counciland in the absence of the Chairman, the Prime Minister, and inthe absence of the Prime Minister, the Leader of the Oppositionshall preside at the meetings of the Council. . The footnotes below thetext indicate the particular Amendments to the Constitution by whichsuch Amendments have been made.The Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri LankavCONTENTSArticle PagePreamble .. . PDF | Constitutionalism refers to a notion of limited government for the protection of individual rights and liberties. . The "Constitutional And Administrative Law Of Sri Lanka" book is now available, Get the book in PDF, Epub and Mobi for Free. . (6) In the event of the Chairman or a member of theCommission absenting himself from three consecutive meetingsof the Commission without the prior leave of the Commission,he shall be deemed to have vacated his office from the date of thethird of such meetings and shall not be eligible to be reappointedas a member or as Chairman of the Commission. . . . . 191Seventh Schedule . . 4453 Official oath and affirmation . . . . . 2(2)(a)19 Amended by the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution Sec. (1) The Supreme Court shall consist of the Chief Justiceand of not less than six and not more than ten other Judges whoshall be appointed as provided in Article 107. . (3) (a) The person holding office as the Commissionerof Elections on the day preceding the date on which this Actcomes into operation, shall continue to exercise and dischargethe powers and functions of the office of the Commissioner ofElections as were vested in him on such date and of the ElectionCommission, until an Election Commission is constituted interms of Article 103, and shall from and after the date on whichthe Election Commission is so constituted, cease to hold officeas the Commissioner of Elections. 22Meetings of theCommissionFinality of decisionsand immunity fromsuitThe Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka84the jurisdiction conferred on any court by any law to hear anddetermine election petitions or Referendum petitions -(a) no court shall have the power or jurisdiction toentertain or hear or decide or call in question on anyground and in any manner whatsoever, any decision,direction or act of the Commission, made or doneor purported to have been made or done under theConstitution or under any law relating to the holdingof an election or the conduct of a Referendum as thecase may be, which decisions, directions or acts shallbe fial and conclusive ; and(b) no suit or prosecution or other proceeding shall lieagainst any member or offier of the Commissionfor any act or thing which in good faith is done orpurported to be done by him in the performance ofhis duties or the discharge of his functions under theConstitution or under any law relating to the holdingof an election or the conduct of a Referendum as thecase may be.104B. ]Special provisionenabling ProvincialCouncils not toexercise powersunder this ChapterTransitionalmeasuresThe Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka137CHAPTER XVIIIPUBLIC SECURITY155. . Key words: Environmental Law, Judicial Review, Fundamental Rights, Judicial Activism Introduction (6) The Commission shall have the power to actnotwithstanding any vacancy in the membership of theCommission, and no act, proceeding or decision of theCommission shall be invalid or deemed to be invalid, by reasononly of such vacancy or defect in the appointment of a member.156F. . . . (1) For the avoidance of doubt it is hereby declared that,-(a) the Seventh Parliament in existence on the daypreceding the date on which this Act comes intooperation, shall, unless dissolved earlier, continueto function until April 21, 2016 and shall thereafterstand dissolved;(b) the persons holding offie respectively, as thePresident and Prime Minister on the day precedingApril 22, 2015 shall continue to hold such offieafter such date, subject to the provisions of theConstitution as amended by this Act; and(c) every person holding offie on the day preceding thedate on which this Act comes into operation, as,(i) the Chief Justice;(ii) Judges of the Supreme Court;(iii) the members of the Judicial ServiceCommission;(iv) the President of the Court of Appeal;(v) Judges of the Court of Appeal;(vi) the Attorney-General;(vii) the Auditor-General;(viii) the Inspector-General of Police;(ix) the Parliamentary Commissioner forAdministration (Ombudsman);(x) the Secretary-General of Parliament;(xi) a judge of the High Court; or(xii) a judicial offier, a scheduled public offier,public offier or a police offier, shall continue to hold such offie and shall, subjectto paragraph (3) of Article 41C, continue to exercise,perform and discharge the powers, duties and* The section numbers indicated in this section are as per the numbers assigned to the Nineteenth Amendmentto the ConstitutionTransitionalProvisionsThe Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka179functions of that offie, under the same terms andconditions. . . 190Sixth Schedule . (6) Where the poll for the election of the President is to betaken on a date which falls between the date of dissolution ofParliament and the date before which Parliament is required byparagraph (5) of this Article to be summoned to meet, Parliamentshall, notwithstanding anything in that paragraph, be summonedto meet on a date not later than four months after the date ofdissolution of Parliament. 6589 Disqualification to be an elector . (4) Every person appointed to be or to act as Chief Justice,President of the Court of Appeal or a Judge of the Supreme Courtor Court of Appeal shall not enter upon the duties of his officeuntil he takes and subscribes or makes and subscribes beforethe President, the oath or the affirmation set out in the FourthSchedule. . Any person who (a) having been elected a Member of Parliament but nothaving been at the time of such election qualifid tobe so elected, shall sit or vote in Parliament ; or(b) shall sit or vote in Parliament after his seat thereinhas become vacant or he has become disqualifidfrom sitting or voting therein;knowing or having reasonable grounds for knowing that hewas so disqualified or that his seat has become vacant, as thecase may be, shall be liable to a penalty of Five Hundred Rupeesfor every day upon which he so sits or votes to be recovered as adebt due to the Republic by an action instituted by the AttorneyGeneral in the District Court of Colombo.101. (7) In this Chapter, amendment includes repeal, alterationand addition.Amendment orrepeal of theConstitution mustbe expressedThe Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka6383. . ]65[(14) repealed]66[99A. (1) Where a Special Presidential Commission of Inquiryestablished under the Special Presidential Commissions ofInquiry Law, No. Activity 1.2 Study the special changes brought about to the judicial system in post-independence period of Sri Lanka. . (2) Where the Chief Justice and the two most senior Judgesof the Supreme Court are Judges who have not had any judicialexperience serving as a Judge of a Court of First Instance, theCommission shall consist of the Chief Justice, the senior mostJudge of the Supreme Court and the next most senior Judge ofsuch Court, who has had experience as a Judge of a Court ofFirst Instance. Agricultural and Agrarian Services 8:1 Establishment and promotion of agro-linked industries, theestablishment and maintenance of farms and supervision of privatenurseries ;8:2 Soil conservation ;8:3 Plant pests.9. ](2) The object of the Commission shall be to conduct freeand fair elections and Referenda. . (iii) If by reason of the death referred to in sub-paragraph (i)there is a vacancy in the office of President, the Prime Ministershall act in the office of President during the period between theoccurrence of such vacancy and the assumption of office by thenew President and shall appoint one of the other Ministers of theCabinet to act in the office of Prime Minister :Provided that if the office of Prime Minister be then vacantor the Prime Minister is unable to act, the Speaker shall act inthe office of President. 15The Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka95or other interference proceeding from any other person except asuperior court, tribunal, institution or other person entitled underlaw to direct or supervise such judge, presiding officer, publicofficer or such other person in the exercise or performance ofsuch powers or functions. . (3) The immunity conferred by the provisions of paragraph(1) shall not apply to proceedings in the Supreme Court underparagraph (2) of Article 129 and to proceedings under Article130 (a) relating to the election of the President or the validity ofa referendum. . (1) The several electoral districts shall together beentitled to return one hundred and ninety-six members. . . ISBN: 9781316869635 Raphael Lorenzo A Pangalangan International Journal of Constitutional Law, Volume 18, Issue 4, December 2020, Pages 1539-1541, https://doi.org/10.1093/icon/moaa103 Published: 02 March 2021 PDF (1) There shall be a Constitutional Council (in thisChapter referred to as the Council) which shall consist of thefollowing members:(a) the Prime Minister;(b) the Speaker;(c) the Leader of the Opposition in Parliament;(d) one Member of Parliament appointed by thePresident;(e) fie persons appointed by the President, on thenomination of both the Prime Minister and theLeader of the Opposition of whom two persons shallbe Members of Parliament; and(f) one Member of Parliament nominated by agreement ofthe majority of the Members of Parliament belongingto political parties or independent groups, other thanthe respective political parties or independent groupsto which the Prime Minister and the Leader of theOpposition belong, and appointed by the President. 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