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    "id": 1235807,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tharaka, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. George Murugara",
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    "content": " I have listened carefully. Unfortunately, I am not able to draw the distinction as he has put it. I have tremendous respect for Hon. T.J., a member of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs. What Hon. King’ara is proposing to do is to amend Section 4(ii) and he is telling us: “Go immediately after paragraph (a) and include the following sub-paragraphs.” This means for us to reject this particular proposal, it must be inconsistent with any of the provisions in Section 4. Unfortunately, I have gone through the entire Section 4 and I do not see what is inconsistent. What we are being told, having read the Report properly, is that in some regulations, including the operation of motorcycles regulations, we have provisions similar to what Hon. King’ara is proposing. There is nothing inconsistent with promoting a regulation from being a subsidiary legislation to being a part or a section of an Act of Parliament. It gives it more force of law and it is even better questioned by this House when it is a section of an Act of Parliament as opposed to when it is a regulation. This is what I am debating on, that per se, the proposed amendment is not inconsistent with the main Act of Parliament. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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