PARLIAMENT

• Parliament to convene from October 18th to 21st
• Second Reading of the Petroleum Products (Special Provisions) (Amendment) Bill to be Debated
• 06 Bills of the Justice Ministry to be debated on October 19th
• The Second Reading debate on the Twenty-Second Amendment to the Constitution Bill scheduled on the 20th and the 21st

First Reading of the Appropriation Bill for the year 2023 is scheduled to be presented tomorrow. This was decided at the Committee on Parliamentary Business held previously (Oct. 07) under the chairmanship of Hon. Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana, Speaker of Parliament.

From 18th to 21st time is allotted from 9.30 am to 10.30 for Questions for Oral Answers.

It was decided to hold the debate on the Second Reading of the Petroleum Products (Special Provisions) (Amendment) Bill from 10.30 am to 5.00 pm on the 18th of October. Thereafter, time has been allotted from 5.00 pm to 5.30 pm for the Motion at the Adjournment Time brought in by the Government.

The Committee also decided to take into debate 6 Bills presented by the Ministry of Justice on October 19th from 10.30 am to 5.00 pm. Accordingly, Poisons, Opium and Dangerous Drugs’ (Amendment) Bill, Notaries Ordinance (Amendment) Bill, Powers of Attorney Ordinance (Amendment) Bill, Wills Ordinance (Amendment) Bill, Registration of Documents (Amendment) Bill, Prevention of Frauds Ordinance (Amendment) bill are scheduled to be taken up for debate.

From 5.00 pm to 5.30 pm time has been set aside for Questions at the Adjournment Time.

On October 20th and 21st from 10.30 am to 5.00 pm, the Second Reading debate on the Twenty- Second Amendment to the Constitution Bill is scheduled to be held. Thereafter, time has been allotted from 5.00 pm to 5.30 pm for the Motion at the Adjournment Time brought in by the Opposition.

Furthermore, a vote is scheduled to be held at the end of the debate on the Second Reading on the Twenty-Second Amendment to the Constitution Bill, which will be held on the 21st until 5:30 p.m.