Divineguma (Amendment) Act

• Coming into Force: 21 February 2017
• Act Number: 2
• Year: 2017
• Citation: No. 2 of 2017

Contenidos

• Short title.
• Amendment of the Long title to Act, No. 1 of 2013.
• Amendment of the Preamble of the principal enactment.
• General amendments to the principal enactment and other written law.
• Sinhala text to prevail in case of inconsistency.

Short title.

1. This Act may be cited as the Divineguma (Amendment) Act, No. 2 of 2017.

Amendment of the Long title to Act, No 1 of 2013.

2. The Long title to the Divineguma Act, No. 1 of 2013 (hereinafter referred to as the "principal enactment") is hereby amended as follows:- (1) by the substitution for the expression "DEPARTMENT OF DIVINEGUMA DEVELOPMENT" of the expression "DEPARTMENT OF SAMURDHI DEVELOPMENT"; and (2) by the substitution for the word "DIVINEGUMA" of the word "SAMURDHI".

Amendment of the Preamble of the principal enactment.

3. The second paragraph of the Preamble of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the substitution for the words "AND WHEREAS, Divineguma intends" of the words "AND WHEREAS, Samurdhi intends".

General amendments to the principal enactment and other written law.

4. (1) In the principal enactment and any other written law there shall be substituted- (a) for the expression "Department of Divineguma Development" of the expression "Department of Samurdhi Development"; (b) for the expression "Divineguma National Council" of the expression "Samurdhi National Council"; (c) for the expression "divineguma community based organizations" of the expression "samurdhi community based organizations"; (d) for the expression "divineguma regional organizations" of the expression "samurdhi regional organizations"; (e) for the expression "divineguma district committees" of the expression "samurdhi district committees"; (f) for the expression "Divineguma National Federation" of the expression "Samurdhi National Federation"; (g) for the expression "divineguma community based banks" of the expression "samurdhi community based banks"; (h) for the expression "divineguma community based banking societies" of the expression "samurdhi community based banking societies"; (i) for the expression "Board of Management of the Divineguma Community Based Banks and Divineguma Community Based Banking Societies" of the expression "Board of Management of the Samurdhi Community Based Banks and Samurdhi Community Based Banking Societies"; (j) for the expression "Divineguma Community Based Banking Union" of the expression "Samurdhi...