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| Merchant Shipping (Change Of Designation) | 
	
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|  | AN ACT TO  CHANGE THE DESIGNATION OF THE DIRECTOR OF MERCHANT SHIPPING AND TO MAKE SUCH AMENDMENTS IN WRITTEN LAW AS ARE CONSEQUENTIAL.
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|  | BE it enacted by the Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka as follows :-  |  | 
	
| [13th February
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 Short title.
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1. This Act may be cited as the Merchant Shipping Change of Designation) Act, No. 3 of 2006.
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Amendment to section 3 of the Merchant Shipping Act, No. 520 of 1971. 
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2. With effect from the date of commencement of this Act, in every context in which "Director of Merchant shipping" appears in-
			
					
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(a) subsection (1) of section 3 and elsewhere in
the Merchant Shipping Act, No. 52 of 1971
and in any other written law; and
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(b) any notice, communication, or other
document issued, made, required' or
authorized by or under any written law,
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Sinhala text to prevail in case of inconsistency. 	
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3. In the event of any inconsistency between the Sinhala and Tamil texts of this Act, the sinhala text shall prevail
			
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