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Bar Association requests Government to defer further action on Port City Commission Bill

The Executive Committee of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) requests the Government to defer further action on the Colombo Port City Economic Commission Bill until the views of all stakehołders including the public are sought and given due consideration. On 08 April 2021, just fifteen (15) calendar days after the publication of the Bill in the Gazette, the Bill was placed on the Order Paper of Parliament. In terms of the Constitution, a citizen intending to challenge the constitutionality of a Bill has to do so within one week from the Bill being placed in the Order Paper of Parliament.

Concerns mount over powers of Port City commission

Concerns mount over powers of Port City commission Concerns mount over powers of Port City commission Written by Share: COLOMBO (News1st): The legal secretary of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya has raised concerns over the Colombo Port City Economic Commission Bill that was tabled in Parliament last week. “The bill mentions the word “other operations” in Section 3. The meaning of this term has not been interpreted in the bill,” President’s Counsel Thisath Wijegunawardena. He pointed out that the powers vested with the Colombo Port City Economic Commission to handle “other operations” can extend to a greater extent that has not been specified.

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