Gazette notification issued calling upon tri-forces to maintain public order

23 Oct 2019

Gazette notification issued calling upon tri-forces to maintain public order

23 Oct 2019

President Maithripala Sirisena has issued a Gazette Extraordinary calling upon the armed forces to maintain public order across the country with effect from yesterday (22). The President is the Commander-in-chief of the Sri Lanka Armed Forces and has issued the gazette by virtue of the powers vested in him by Section 12 of the Public Security Ordinance (Chapter 40). Accordingly, the Army, Navy and the Air Force have been called out for the maintenance of public order in the areas specified below:

Administrative Districts of Colombo, Gampaha, Kalutara, Galle, Matara, Hambantota, Jaffna, Mannar, Mullaitivu, Batticaloa, Ampara, Trincomalee, Puttalam and the territorial water adjacent to such Districts
Administrative Districts of Kandy, Matale, Nuwara Eliya, Kilinochchi, Vavuniya, Kurunegala, Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa, Badulla, Monaragala, Ratnapura, Kegalle

Gazette notification issued calling upon tri-forces to maintain public order

Gazette notification issued calling upon tri-forces to maintain public order

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