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Microfinance Act, No. 6 of 2016. -

Adoption: 2016-05-20 | LKA-2016-L-103506

An Act to provide for the licensing, regulation and supervision of companies carrying on microfinance business; the registration of non-governmental organisations accepting limited savings deposits as microfinance non-governmental organizations; for the setting up of standards for the regulation and supervision of microfinance non-governmental organizations and micro credit non-governmental organizations, and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Sri Lanka - Economic and social policy - Law, Act

Strategic Development Projects (Amendment) Act, No. 16 of 2013. -

Adoption: 2013-04-23 | LKA-2013-L-94268

Amends the Schedule to the Strategic Development Projects Act, No. 14 of 2008.

Sri Lanka - Economic and social policy - Law, Act

Strategic Development Projects Act, No. 14 of 2008. -

Adoption: 2008-02-29 | LKA-2008-L-94269

An Act to promote strategic development projects, to provide a tax free period in relations to identified strategic development projects and provide for matters connected or therewith or incidental thereto.

Sri Lanka - Economic and social policy - Law, Act

Southern Development Authority of Sri Lanka Act (No. 18 of 1996).

Adoption: 1996-08-01 | LKA-1996-L-47406

Establishes a Southern Development Authority of Sri Lanka with the function of promoting development projects in southern Sri Lanka. S. 17 allows the Authority to acquire land through compulsion for development use.

Sri Lanka - Economic and social policy - Law, Act

Samurdhi Authority of Sri Lanka Act (No. 30 of 1995).

Adoption: 1995-12-11 | LKA-1995-L-44236

Establishes a Samurdhi Authority of Sri Lanka with the function of developing a Samurdhi National Programme for the improvement of the economic and social conditions of youth, women and disadvantaged groups. The Authority shall have the power to maintain "Samurdhi Centres" at the local level, to operate credit schemes, to arrange and conduct lotteries, and to provide vocational training programmes.

Sri Lanka - Economic and social policy - Law, Act

Consumer Protection (Amendment) Act (No. 17 of 1995).

Adoption: 1995-09-04 | LKA-1995-L-42588

Amends Consumer Protection Act (No. 1 of 1979) to include food, drink, or any other merchandise deemed by the Commissioner as essential to the life of the community.

Sri Lanka - Economic and social policy - Law, Act

National Institute of Social Development Act, No. 41 of 1992. -

Adoption: 1992-08-17 | LKA-1992-L-31895

Provides for the establishment of a National Institute of Social Development to advise the Minister regarding plans, programmes and activities for the development of social work and social development education, to conduct and promote studies on the social welfare system and social development programmes, and to make available to the Government and other approved organisations specialist services in social work and social development.

Sri Lanka - Economic and social policy - Law, Act

Consumer Protection (Amendment) Act (No. 34 of 1992)

Adoption: 1992-07-28 | LKA-1992-L-31896

Amends the Consumer Protection Act, No. 1 of 1979 regarding the alteration of labelling and the sale of goods with altered labels, and provides sanctions for contraventions of the Act.

Sri Lanka - Economic and social policy - Law, Act

Conversion of Public Corporations or Government Owned Business Undertakings into Public Companies Act 1987. No. 23.

Adoption: 1987-05-15 | LKA-1987-L-4711

Sets forth procedures applicable to the conversion of business undertakings acquired under the Business Undertakings (Acquisition) Act (No. 35 of 1971).

Sri Lanka - Economic and social policy - Law, Act

Conversion of Government Owned Business Undertakings into Public Corporations Act 1987. No. 22.

Adoption: 1987-05-15 | LKA-1987-L-4712

Sets forth procedures for converting businesses acquired under the Business Undertakings (Acquisition) Act (No. 35 of 1971) into public corporations.

Sri Lanka - Economic and social policy - Law, Act

Development Councils (Amendment) Act 1987. No. 21.

Adoption: 1987-04-16 | LKA-1987-L-4717

Amends the Development Councils Act (No. 35 of 1980), in particular by redefining the functions of the Gramodaya Mandalaya, local bodies empowered to prepare village development plans, and providing measures for increasing productivity and generating employment, and for other purposes.

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Fair Trading Commission Act 1987. No. 1.

Adoption: 1987-01-22 | LKA-1987-L-3786

Establishes a Fair Trading Commission for the control of monopolies, mergers and anti-competitive practices and for the formulation of national price policy. Inter alia, the Commission is to have special regard to the efficient operation of public corporations and other objectives of economic and social policy. Repeals the National Prices Commission Law 1975 (No. 42).

Sri Lanka - Economic and social policy - Law, Act

Land Reform (Special Provisions) Act 1986. No. 14.

Adoption: 1986-06-20 | LKA-1986-L-3141

Amends the Land Reform Law, No. 1 of 1972, and the Land Reform (Special Provisions) Act, No. 39 of 1981, in various respects, chiefly regarding compensation to landowners.