Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (1978) — including amendments

Parliament of Sri Lanka · parliament.lk / lawnet.gov.lk

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Primary text of the 1978 Constitution as currently in force. Key articles for /case/: Article 9 ('Buddhism shall be given the foremost place'), the Sixth Amendment (August 1983, oath against support for a separate state), the Thirteenth Amendment (1987, Provincial Councils — police and land powers in Lists I/II), the Nineteenth Amendment (2015, partial constraints on executive presidency), the Twentieth Amendment (2020, reversal of much of the Nineteenth). The case file cites the primary text rather than secondary summaries.

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