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Decisions Taken by the Cabinet of Ministers on 30.01.2023
1. Acquisition of land for the construction of District/Magistrate Courts Complex
Palamadulla
The Palamadulla Court functions as a Magistrate Court as well as a District. Due to lack of
sufficient space in the court where 8385 cases are currently being heard, the general public,
lawyers and judicial staff are facing severe difficulties. Therefore, the need to build a new
court complex with necessary facilities has arisen and for that purpose, it has been identified
that it is desirable to obtain a portion of about 3 acres from the land called Pelmadullawatta,
which is governed under the Land Reform Commission. Accordingly, the Cabinet of
Ministers approved the proposal made by the Minister of Justice, Prison Affairs and
Constitutional Reforms to take over that land to the Ministry of Judicial Prison Affairs and
Constitutional Reforms.
5. Presenting the regulations issued under the Import and Export (Control) Act No. 1 of
1969 for Parliamentary approval
The proposal presented by the Hon. President in his capacity as the Minister of Finance,
Economic Stability and National Policies to present the following regulations issued under
the Import and Export (Control) Act No. 1 of 1969 for Parliamentary approval was approved
by the Cabinet of Ministers.
Special Import License Regulations No. 01 of 2023 published in the Extraordinary
Gazette Notification No. 77/2312 dated 01.01.2023
Import and Export (Control) Regulations No. 02 of 2023 published in the
Extraordinary Gazette Notification No. 78/2312 dated 01.01.2023
6. Access to the Protocol for the Amendment of the Convention on Offences and Certain
Other Acts Committed on Board Aircraft (Montrial Protocol 2014)
The proposal presented by the Minister of Ports , Shipping and Aviation to accept the Draft
Amendments to the Convention Relating to Offenses and Certain Other Acts Committed in
Passenger Aircrafts and to take the necessary steps to enact the necessary legislation for the
implementation of the provisions in the said Convention in Sri Lanka was approved by the
Cabinet of Ministers.
of Ministers granted their approval to the proposal submitted by the Minister of Justice,
Prison Affairs and Constitutional Reforms to empower a new act for management and
disposal of case goods depending on the recommendations of the said committee, and to
instruct the Legal Draftsman to draft a bill in regard to that.