Speaker of Parliament Dr. Jagath Wickramaratne informed Parliament that the Supreme Court has determined that two clauses of the proposed Sri Lanka Cricket Bill are inconsistent with the Constitution and require a special majority for passage unless amended.
Announcing the Supreme Court’s determination in Parliament, the Speaker said Clause 29 of the Bill infringes Article 14(1)(c) of the Constitution, while Clause 7(1) infringes Article 12(1).
Accordingly, the two clauses could be validly passed only with the special majority stipulated under Article 84(2) of the Constitution.
However, the Court has determined that these inconsistencies would cease if the amendments proposed by the Supreme Court are incorporated at the Committee Stage, enabling the Bill to be passed with a simple majority in Parliament.
The Supreme Court has further determined that, subject to these two clauses, none of the other provisions of the Bill is inconsistent with any provision of the Constitution.
The Speaker also ordered that the Supreme Court’s determination be included in the Official Report of Parliament’s proceedings.
