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Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka 1978, as amended to 2020
Religious Law
- EnglishThe Republic of Sri Lanka shall give to Buddhism the foremost place and accordingly it shall be the duty of the State to protect and foster the Buddha Sasana, while assuring to all religions the rights granted by Articles 10 and 14(1)(e). (Art. 9)
- Sinhalaශ්රී ලංකා ජනරජය බුද්ධාගමට ප්රමුඛස්ථානය පිරිනමන්නේ ය. එහෙයින් 10 වැනි ව්යවස්ථාවෙන් සහ 14 වැනි ව්යවස්ථාවේ (1) වැනි අනු ව්යවස්ථාවේ (ඉ) ඡේදයෙන් සියලු ම ආගම්වලට පිරිනැමෙන අයිතිවාසිකම් ආරක්ෂා කර දෙන අතර බුද්ධ ශාසනය සුරක්ෂිත කොට පෝෂණය කිරීම රජයේ වගකීම විය යුත්තේ ය. (9 වැනි වගන්තිය)
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Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka 1978, as amended to 2015 (English). According to Art. 18: “The Official Language of Sri Lanka shall be Sinhala.”
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3- Article 126 relates to “fundamental rights jurisdiction and it exercise.”4- Chapter III on Fundamental Rights
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Article 126 relates to “fundamental rights jurisdiction and it exercise.”
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Under the Schedule of Art. 41B (as amended by the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution (2015)), mention was also made of the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka.
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Chapter III on Fundamental Rights