Constitution of Sri Lanka/Fourth Amendment

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

Section 2 Amendment of Article 161 of the Constitution
2. Article 161 of the Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is hereby amended by the repeal of paragraph (e) of that Article and the substitution therefor, of the following new paragraph :-
 * "(e) unless sooner dissolved, the First Parliament shall continue until August 4, 1989, and no longer, and shall thereupon stand dissolved, and the provisions of Article 70 (5) (b) shall, mutatis mutandis, apply.".