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Provisions for amendment Most provisions of the Constitution of Sri Lanka can be amended by a two-thirds majority in parliament. However, the amendment of certa...in basic features such as the clauses on language, religion, and reference to Sri Lanka as a unitary state require both a two-thirds majority and approval at a nationwide referendum. Amendments to date Amendment Date Description First Amendment 20 November 1978 Dealing with jurisdiction of writs to the supreme court related to special circumstances. Second Amendment 26 February 1979 Dealing with resignations and expulsion of Members of the First Parliament Third Amendment 27 August 1982 To enable the President to seek re-election after 4 years from the first term. Fourth Amendment 23 December 1982 Extension of term of first Parliament Fifth Amendment 25 February 1983 To provide for by-election when a vacancy is not filled by the party Sixth Amendment 8 August 1983 Prohibition against violation of territorial integrity Seventh Amendment 4 October 1983 Dealing with Commissioners of the High Court and the creation of Kilinochchi District Eighth Amendment 6 March 1984 Appointment of President's Counsel Ninth Amendment 24 August 1984 Relating to public officers qualified to contest elections Tenth Amendment 6 August 1986 To repeal section requiring two-thirds majority for Proclamation under Public Security Ordinance Eleventh Amendment 6 May 1987 To provide for a Fiscal for the whole Island; also relating to sittings of the high court.the number of minimum judges at a court of appeal case was amended. Twelfth Amendment (Not enacted) Thirteenth Amendment 14 November 1987 To make Tamil an official language and English a link Language, and for the establishment of Provincial Councils Fourteenth Amendment 24 May 1988 Extension of immunity of President; increase of number of Members to 225; validity of referendum; appointment of Delimitation Commission for the division of electoral districts into zones; proportional representation and the cut-off point to be 1/8 of the total polled; apportionment of the 29 National List Members Fifteenth Amendment 17 December 1988 To repeal Article 96A to eliminate zones and to reduce the cut-off point to 1/20th Sixteenth Amendment 17 December 1988 To make provision for Sinhala and Tamil to be Languages of Administration and Legislation Seventeenth Amendment 3 October 2001 To make provisions for the Constitutional Council and Independent Commissions Eighteenth Amendment 8 September 2010 To remove the sentence that mentioned the limit of the re-election of the President and to propose the appointment of a parliamentary council that decides the appointment of independent posts like commissioners of election, human rights, and Supreme Court judges Nineteenth Amendment 28 April 2015 To annul the 18th Amendment while replacing the defunct 17th Amendment to establish the Independent Commissions and remove the Executive Presidential powers and limit the term of office of the President to five years while the President continue to function as the Head of State, Head of the Cabinet, and Head of Security Forces Twentieth Amendment Proposed To repeal the 19th Amendment References "Soulbury Commission". "1.3 The Consolidation of British Power in Sri Lanka" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-12-04. "An Insider's Perspective - The Sri Lankan Republic at 40" (PDF). "Asia Times: Sri Lanka: The Untold Story". "Ceylon Constitution Order in Council 1946". "Sirimavo Bandaranaike: First woman premier". "The 1972 Republican Constitution in the Postcolonial Constitutional Evolution of Sri Lanka" (PDF). "Constitutional history of Sri Lanka". External links Wikisource has original text related to this article: Constitution of Sri Lanka Website of the Parliament of Sri Lanka Constitution Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka with Amendments incorporated up to the 19th Amendment vte Sri Lankan Constitution

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