Constitution of Sri Lanka/Fifth Amendment

Section 1 Short title
1. This Act may be cited as the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution.

Section 2 Amendment of Article 161 of the Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
2. Article 161 of the Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is hereby amended in sub-paragraph (iii) of paragraph (d) of that Article as follows:-
 * (a) by the substitution, for the words " in respect of which the vacancy occurred ;", of the words " in respect of which the vacancy occurred : " ; and
 * (b) by the addition, at the end of that sub-paragraph, of the following proviso :-