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(244-10) Final 244 වන කාණ්ඩය - 10 වන කලාපය 2016 ජුනි 21 වන අඟහරුවාදා ெதாகுதி 244 - இல. 10 2016 ன் 21, ெசவ்வாய்க்கிழைம Volume 244 - No. 10 Tuesday, 21st June, 2016 පාලෙනත වාද (හැනසා) பாராமன்ற விவாதங்கள் (ஹன்சாட்) PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES (HANSARD) ල වාතාව அதிகார அறிக்ைக OFFICIAL REPORT (අෙශෝධිත පිටපත /பிைழ தித்தப்படாத /Uncorrected) අන්තර්ගත පධාන කරුණු නිෙව්දන : අපරාධ නඩු විධාන සංගහය (සංෙශෝධන) පනත් ෙකටුම්පත: මුල කළමනාකරණ (වගකීම) (සංෙශෝධන) පනත් පළමුවන වර කියවන ලදී ෙකටුම්පත : ෙශෂේ ්ඨාධිකරණයට ෙපත්සම් ආංශික අධීක්ෂණ කාරක සභා වාර්තා පුද්ගලයන් ලියාපදිංචි කිරීෙම් (සංෙශෝධන) පනත් ෙකටුම්පත ෙද වන වර සහ තුන් වන වර කියවා සම්මත කරන ලදී. පශනවලට් වාචික පිළිතුරු කල් තැබීෙම් ෙයෝජනාව: ගරු උදය ගම්මන්පිල මහතාට පාර්ලිෙම්න්තුවට පැමිණීමට ද්විතීයික පාසල් වාපෘතිෙය් ගැටලු ඇති අයිතිය பிரதான உள்ளடக்கம் அறிவிப்கள்: குற்றவியல் நடவக்ைகைறச் சட்டக்ேகாைவ (தித்தம்) நிதி காைமத்வம் (ெபாப்)(தித்தம்) சட்டலம் :உயர் சட்டலம் : நீதிமன்க்கு மக்கள் தன்ைற மதிப்பிடப்பட்ட ைறசார் ேமற்பார்ைவக் கு அறிக்ைககள் ஆட்கைளப் பதி ெசய்தல் (தித்தம்) சட்டலம் : இரண்டாம், ன்றாம் ைறகள் மதிப்பிடப்பட் வினாக்கக்கு வாய்ல விைடகள் நிைறேவற்றப்பட்ட மாண்மிகு உதய கம்மன்பில பாராமன்றத்க்குச் ஒத்திைவப்ப் பிேரரைண: சகமளிப்பதற்குள்ள உாிைம இரண்டாம்நிைலப் பாடசாைலகள் கத்திட்டத்திள்ள பிரச்சிைனகள் PRINCIPAL CONTENTS ANNOUNCEMENTS: CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (AMENDMENT) Fiscal Management (Responsibility) (Amendment) BILL: Bill: Petitions to the Supreme Court Read the First time SECTORAL OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE REPORTS REGISTRATION OF PERSONS (AMENDMENT) BILL: Read a Second, and the Third time, and passed ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ADJOURNMENT MOTION: RIGHT OF HON. UDAYA GAMMANPILA TO Problems Arisen in Secondary School Project ATTEND PARLIAMENT 1039 1040 පාර්ලිෙම්න්තුව Department of Land Title Settlement for the year 2015 பாராமன்றம் and move that this Report be referred to the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Agriculture and Lands. PARLIAMENT —————–—- පශ්නය විමසන ලදින්, සභා සම්මත විය. வினா விக்கப்பட் ஏற்க்ெகாள்ளப்பட்ட. 2016 ජුනි 21 වන අඟහරුවාදා Question put, and agreed to. 2016 ன் 21, ெசவ்வாய்க்கிழைம Tuesday, 21st June, 2016 ගරු ලක්ෂමන්් කිරිඇල්ල මහතා (උසස් අධාපන හා —————————–—— මහාමාර්ග අමාතතුමා සහ පාර්ලිෙම්න්තුෙව් අ. භා. 1.00ට පාර්ලිෙම්න්තුව රැස ් විය. සභානායකතුමා) (மாண்மிகு லமன் கிாிஎல்ல - உயர்கல்வி மற்ம் නිෙයෝජ කාරක සභාපතිතුමා [ගරු ෙසල්වම් ெநஞ்சாைலகள் அைமச்சம் பாராமன்றச் சைப අෛඩක්කලනාදන් මහතා] මූලාසනාරූඪ විය. தல்வம்) பாராமன்றம் பி.ப. 1.00 மணிக்குக் கூய. (The Hon. Lakshman Kiriella - Minister of Higher குக்களின் பிரதித் தவிசாளர் அவர்கள்[மாண்மிகு ெசல்வம் Education and Highways and Leader of the House of அைடக்கலநாதன்] தைலைம வகித்தார்கள். Parliament) The Parliament met at 1.00 p.m., ගරු නිෙයෝජ කාරක සභාපතිතුමනි, මම 2014 වර්ෂය සඳහා DEPUTY CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEES [THE HON. උසස් අධාපන අමාතාංශෙය් වාර්ෂික වාර්තාව ඉදිරිපත් කරමි. SELVAM ADAIKKALANATHAN] in the Chair. එම වාර්තාව අධාපනය හා මානව සම්පත් සංවර්ධනය නිෙව්දන පිළිබඳ ආංශික අධීක්ෂණ කාරක සභාවට ෙයොමු කළ යුතු යැයි මම ෙයෝජනා කරමි. அறிவிப்க்கள் ANNOUNCEMENTS පශ්නය විමසන ලදින්, සභා සම්මත විය. வினா விக்கப்பட் ஏற்க்ெகாள்ளப்பட்ட. මූල කළමනාකරණ (වගකීම) (සංෙශෝධන) පනත් Question put, and agreed to. ෙකටුම්පත: ෙශේෂ්ඨාධිකරණයට ෙපත්සම් (i) 1978 අංක 16 දරන විශවවිදාල් පනෙත් 27(1) වැනි වගන්තිය நிதி காைமத்வம் (ெபாப்) (தித்தம்) යටෙත් උසස ් අධාපන හා මහාමාර්ග අමාතවරයා විසින්, சட்டலம்: உயர் நீதிமன்க்கு மக்கள் විශවවිදාල් පතිපාදන ෙකොමිෂන් සභාෙව් නිර්ෙද්ශය සහිතව, ශී FISCAL MANAGEMENT (RESPONSIBILITY) ලංකාෙව් රුහුණු විශවවිදාලය් පිහිටුවීම සම්බන්ධෙයන් සාදන ලදුව 2016 අෙපල්ේ මස 26 දිනැති අංක 1964/10 දරන අතිවිෙශෂේ ගැසට් (AMENDMENT) BILL: PETITIONS TO THE පතෙය් පළ කරන ලද නියමය; SUPREME COURT (ii) 1978 අංක 16 දරන විශවවිදාල් පනෙත් 27(1) වැනි වගන්තිය යටෙත් උසස ් අධාපන හා මහාමාර්ග අමාතවරයා විසින්, ගරු නිෙයෝජ කාරක සභාපතිතුමා විශවවිදාල් පතිපාදන ෙකොමිෂන් සභාෙව් නිර්ෙද්ශය සහිතව, ශී (மாண்மிகு குக்களின் பிரதித் தவிசாளர் அவர்கள்) ලංකාෙව් අග්නිදිග විශවවිදාලය් පිහිටුවීම සම්බන්ධෙයන් සාදන (The Hon. Deputy Chairman of Committees) ලදුව 2016 අෙපල්ේ මස 26 දිනැති අංක 1964/11 දරන අතිවිෙශෂේ ගැසට් පතෙය් පළ කරන ලද නියමය; සහ அரசியலைமப்பின் 121(1)ஆம் உப்ைரயின் பிரகாரம் “நிதி காைமத்வம் (ெபாப்) (தித்தம்)”எம் சட்டலம் (iii) 015 වර්ෂය සඳහා පාර්ලිෙම්න්තුෙව් සභානායක කාර්යාලෙය් වාර්ෂික කාර්ය සාධන වාර්තාව.- [ගරු ලක්ෂමන්් කිරිඇල්ල මහතා] ெதாடர்பாக உயர் நீதிமன்றத்திற்குச் சமர்ப்பிக்கப்பட்ட மக்கள் இரண்ன் பிரதிகள் ெகளரவ சபாநாயகர் සභාෙම්සය මත තිබිය යුතුයයි නිෙයෝග කරන ලදී. அவர்கக்குக் கிைடத்ள்ளெதன்பைதப் பாராமன்றத்திற்கு சபாபீடத்தில் இக்கக் கட்டைளயிடப்பட்ட. அறிவிக்க விம்கின்ேறன். Ordered to lie upon the Table. ලිපි ෙල්ඛනාදිය පිළිගැන්වීම ගරු වජිර අෙබ්වර්ධන මහතා (ස්වෙද්ශ කටයුතු අමාතතුමා) சமர்ப்பிக்கப்பட்ட பத்திரங்கள் (மாண்மிகு வஜிர அேபவர்தன - உள்நாட்டவல்கள் PAPERS PRESENTED அைமச்சர்) (The Hon. Wajira Abeywardana - Minister of Home Affairs) ගරු ෙජෝන් අමරතුංග මහතා (සංචාරක සංවර්ධන හා ගරු නිෙයෝජ කාරක සභාපතිතුමනි, මම 2015 වර්ෂය සඳහා කිස්තියානි ආගමික කටයුතු අමාතතුමා සහ ඉඩම් වවුනියාව දිස්තික් ෙල්කම් කාර්යාලෙය් වාර්ෂික කාර්ය සාධන අමාතතුමා) වාර්තාව හා ගිණුම් ඉදිරිපත් කරමි. (மாண்மிகு ேஜான் அமரங்க - சுற்லாத்ைற அபிவித்தி மற்ம் கிறிஸ்தவ சமய அவல்கள் அைமச்சம் காணி එම වාර්තාව අභන්තර පරිපාලනය හා රාජ அைமச்சம்) කළමනාකරණය පිළිබඳ ආංශික අධීක්ෂණ කාරක සභාවට ෙයොමු (The Hon. John Amaratunga - Minister of Tourism කළ යුතු යැයි මම ෙයෝජනා කරමි. Development and Christian Religious Affairs and Minister of Lands) පශ්නය විමසන ලදින්, සභා සම්මත විය. Sir, I present the Performance Report of the வினா விக்கப்பட் ஏற்க்ெகாள்ளப்பட்ட. Commissioner General of Title Settlement of the Question put, and agreed to. 1041 පාර්ලිෙම්න්තුව 1042 ගරු ගයන්ත කරුණාතිලක මහතා (පාර්ලිෙම්න්තු ගරු ගයන්ත කරුණාතිලක මහතා පතිසංස්කරණ හා ජනමාධ අමාත සහ ආණ්ඩු පක්ෂෙය් (மாண்மிகு கயந்த கணாதிலக்க) පධාන සංවිධායකතුමා) (The Hon. Gayantha Karunatileka) (மாண்மிகு கயந்த கணாதிலக்க - பாராமன்ற ගරු නිෙයෝජ කාරක සභාපතිතුමනි, වරාය හා නාවික කටයුතු மசீரைமப் மற்ம் ெவகுசன ஊடக அைமச்சம் அரசாங்கக் අමාතතුමා ෙවනුෙවන් මම 2013 වර්ෂය සඳහා ශී ලංකා වරාය கட்சியின் தற்ேகாலாசாம்) අධිකාරිෙය් වාර්ෂික වාර්තාව ඉදිරිපත් කරමි. (The Hon. Gayantha Karunatileka - Minister of Parliamentary Reforms and Mass Media and Chief එම වාර්තාව පවාහනය හා සන්නිෙව්දනය පිළිබඳ ආංශික Government Whip) අධීක්ෂණ කාරක සභාවට ෙයොමු කළ යුතු යැයි මම ෙයෝජනා ගරු නිෙයෝජ කාරක සභාපතිතුමනි, මුදල් අමාතතුමා කරමි. ෙවනුෙවන් මම 2015 වර්ෂය සඳහා මුදල් අමාතාංශෙය් වාර්ෂික වාර්තාව ඉදිරිපත් කරමි. පශ්නය විමසන ලදින්, සභා සම්මත විය. එම වාර්තාව රාජ මුදල් පිළිබඳ කාරක සභාවට ෙයොමු කළ வினா விக்கப்பட் ஏற்க்ெகாள்ளப்பட்ட. Question put, and agreed to. යුතු යැයි මම ෙයෝජනා කරමි. පශ්නය විමසන ලදින්, සභා සම්මත විය. வினா விக்கப்பட் ஏற்க்ெகாள்ளப்பட்ட. Question put, and agreed to. ආංශික අධීක්ෂණ කාරක සභා වාර්තා ගරු එස්.බී. නාවින්න මහතා (අභන්තර කටයුතු, වයඹ සංවර්ධන හා සංස්කෘතික කටයුතු අමාතතුමා) ைறசார் ேமற்பார்ைவக் கு அறிக்ைககள் (மாண்மிகு எஸ்.பி. நாவின்ன - உள்ளக அவல்கள், SECTORAL OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE REPORTS வடேமல் அபிவித்தி மற்ம் கலாசார அவல்கள் அைமச்சர்) (The Hon. S.B. Nawinne - Minister of Internal Affairs, ගරු අජිත් මාන්නප්ෙපරුම මහතා Wayamba Development and Cultural Affairs) (மாண்மிகு அஜித் மான்னப்ெபம) ගරු නිෙයෝජ කාරක සභාපතිතුමනි, මම 2015 වර්ෂය සඳහා (The Hon. Ajith Mannapperuma) අභන්තර කටයුතු, වයඹ සංවර්ධන හා සංස්කෘතික කටයුතු ගරු නිෙයෝජ කාරක සභාපතිතුමනි, ෛනතික කටයුතු අමාතාංශෙය් වාර්ෂික කාර්ය සාධන වාර්තාව ඉදිරිපත් කරමි. (දූෂණ විෙරෝධී) හා මාධ කටයුතු පිළිබඳ ආංශික අධීක්ෂණ එම වාර්තාව අභන්තර පරිපාලනය හා රාජ කාරක සභාව ෙවත ෙයොමු කරන ලද “සමථ මණ්ඩල කළමනාකරණය පිළිබඳ ආංශික අධීක්ෂණ කාරක සභාවට ෙයොමු (සංෙශෝධන)” සහ “ෙතොරතුරු දැනගැනීෙම් අයිතිවාසිකම් කළ යුතු යැයි මම ෙයෝජනා කරමි. පිළිබඳ” පනත් ෙකටුම්පත් සම්බන්ධෙයන්, එම කාරක සභාෙව් පශ්නය විමසන ලදින්, සභා සම්මත විය.
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