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LKA-1968-L-37414
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Title_of_text
Registration of Persons Act, No.32 of 1968.
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Sri Lanka
Subjects (Classification)
Migrant workers
Adopted on (Date of text)
1968
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
This Act, incorporating all changes through 1979, imposes a general registration obligation on persons in Sri Lanka. Exempted are, inter alia, Sri Lankan citizens and holders of valid visas or endorsements pursuant to the Immigrants and Emigrants Act. The registration obligation is related to an obligation to carry a valid identity card.
Entry dates region
Date of entry into force
1968
Initial text
Amending Text region
Amending text(s)
1981-02-27 (LKA-1981-L-37415)
Registrations of Persons (Amendment) Act
Amending text(s)
1981-02-27 (LKA-1981-L-37415)
Registrations of Persons (Amendment) Act
Amending text(s)
2016-07-17 (LKA-2016-L-103509)
Registration of Persons (Amendment) Act, No. 8 of 2016.
Related Text region
Related text(s)
1949-11-01 (LKA-1949-L-37386)
Immigrants and Emigrants Act, No. 20 of 1948.
Related text(s)
1949-11-01 (LKA-1949-L-37386)
Immigrants and Emigrants Act, No. 20 of 1948.
Serial region
Serial title
Legislative Enactments of Sri Lanka
Date
1980
Volume
Vol. X
Page range
pp. 287- 299