Constitution of Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan Constitution of 1978
The Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාව, romanized: Śrī Laṃkā āndukrama vyavasthāva, Tamil: இலங்கை அரசியலமைப்பின், romanized: Ilaṅkai araciyalamaippiṉ) is the constitution of Sri Lanka after its first public use by National State Assembly of Sri Lanka since 7 September 1978.[1] It has been properly changed 21 times.
It is Sri Lanka's second constitution since turning into a Republic and third constitution since independence from the United Kingdom.[2]
References
change- ↑ "Asia Times: Sri Lanka: The Untold Story". Archived from the original on 2002-01-27.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ↑ "1.3 The Consolidation of British Power in Sri Lanka" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-12-04.