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Sports (Amendment) |
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| AN ACT TO AMEND THE SPORTS LAW NO. 25 OF 1973 | | |
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| BE it enacted by the Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka as follows :- | |
[30th March , 1998 ] |
Short title. | 1. This Act may be cited as the Sports (Amendment) Act, No. 10 of 1998. | Amendment of the long title of Law No. 25 of 1973 | 2. The long title of the Sports Law No. 25 of 1973 (hereinafter referred to as the "principal enactment") is hereby amended by the substitution for the words "Establishment of . Schools of Sports ; ", of the words "Establishment of a National Institute of Sports Science ; ". | Amendment of section 2 of Law No. 25 of 1973. | 3. Section 2 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the repeal of paragraph (e) thereof and the substitution therefor of the following:- | " (e) A National Institute of Sports Science and such number of affiliated institutes as the Minister may determine.". | | Replacement of heading in Part IV of the Principal enactment. | 4. The heading appearing in Part IV immediately before section 36 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following heading substituted therefor;" | | "Establishment of National Institute of Sports Science". | Amendment of section 36 of the principal enactment. | 5. Section 36 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows : - | (1) by the substitution, for the words "one or more Schools of Sports" of the words "a National Institute of Sports Science and any number of affiliated institutes" ; | | (2) in paragraph (b) of that section by the substitution, for the words " at such schools" of the words "at such Institutes"; | | (3) in paragraph (c) of that, section by the substitution, for the words "such schools" of the words "such Institutes"; | | (4) in the marginal note of that section, by the substitution for the words "Establishment of Schools of Sports" of the words "Establishment of a National Institute of Sports Science", | | Amendment of section 37 of the principal enactment. | 6. Section 37 of' the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows :" | (1) by the substitution, for the words "such schools" wherever those words occur in that section of the words "such institutes" ; | | (2) in the marginal note of that section by the substitution, for the words "Schools of Sports" of the words "National Institute of Sports Science&c.,". | | Amendment of section 38 of the principal enactment. | 7. Section 38 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows :" | (1) by the substitution, for the words "such schools" wherever those words occur in that section of the words "such institutes" ; | | (2) in the marginal note of that section by the substitution, for the words "Schools of Sports" of the words "National Institute of Sports Science " | | Sinhala text to prevail in case of inconsistency. | 8. In the event of any inconsistency between the Sinhala and Tamil texts of this Act, the Sinhala text shall prevail. | |
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