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LKA-1978-C-35655
Breadcrumb
Title_of_text
Constitution of 1978 of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Sri Lanka
Subjects (Classification)
Constitutional law
Adopted on (Date of text)
1978-08-31
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Constitution
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Comprised of 172 sections concerning fundamental rights, the executive, legislature and the judiciary. Provides for freedom of thought, conscience and religion. Discrimination on the basis of race, religion, language, caste, sex, and political opinion is prohibited. Grants freedom of speech and expression, peaceful assembly, and freedom of association including the right to form and join a trade union, subject to "such restrictions as may be prescribed by law in the interests of racial and religious harmony or national economy". In a similar vein, all freedoms with the exception of freedom from torture and freedom of thought, conscience and religion, are subject to "such prescriptions as may be prescribed by law in the interests of national security, public order and the protection of public health and morality, or for the purpose of securing due recognition and respect for the rights and freedoms of others, or of meeting the just requirements of the general welfare of a decmocratic society".
Amending Text region
Amending text(s)
2010-09-09 (LKA-2010-C-90063)
Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution, 2010.
Amending text(s)
2015-05-15 (LKA-2015-C-100356)
Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution.
Amending text(s)
2020-10-29 (LKA-2020-L-110648)
Twentieth Amendment to the Constitution (L.D.- O. 7/2020).
Amending text(s)
2022-10-31 (LKA-2022-L-113986)
Twenty First Amendment to the Constitution (L.D.- O. 12/2022).
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Constitution (as amended up to 2000)
Publisher
Official Website of the Government
Country
Sri Lanka
URL
http://www.priu.gov.lk/Cons/1978Constitution/Introduction.htm
File
LKA35655.pdf (PDF of 1978 Constitution without amendments)
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line
Author
Parliament of Sri Lanka
Country
Sri Lanka
URL
http://www.parliament.lk
File
LKA35655 2.pdf (PDF of Constitution as amended to 9 September 2010)
Monograph region
Monograph title
Constitutions of the Countries of the World
Author
[Consitution as amended to 2010]
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Place of publication
New York
Country
United States of America
Date
2010-11
Page range
pp- 1-172