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! BIBLIOGRAPHY BOOKS H.A.P. Abeyawardana (1999) Boundary Divisions of Medieval Sri Lanka (Polgasovita, SL: Academy of Sri Lankan Culture) A. Abeysekara (2002) Colors of the Robe (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press) G. Agamben (1998) Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life (Trans. D. Heller-Roazen) (Stanford: Stanford University Press) G. Agamben (2005) State of Exception (Trans. K. Attell) (Chicago: University of Chicago Press) B. Agarwal (1994) A Field of One’s Own: Gender and Land Rights in South Asia (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press) A.C.L.A. Ali (2001) Plural Identities and Political Choices of the Muslim Community (Colombo: Marga Institute) T.R.S. Allen (1993) Law, Liberty and Justice: The Legal Foundations of British Constitutionalism (Oxford: Oxford University Press) A.C. Alles (1976) Insurgency, 1971: An Account of the April Insurrection in Sri Lanka (Colombo: Colombo Apothecaries Co.) A.C. Alles (1979) The Assassination of Prime Minister S.W.R.D. 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    (JoSSM ^g® © CDjC3 © THE CEYLON GOVERNMENT GAZETTE £fog© 13,215 — 1962 g g 20 £>i& Qs?<fo$ — 1962.7.20 No. 13,215 — FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1962 (Published by Authority) PART I : SECTION (II)-ADVERTISING (Separate paging is given to each language of every Part in order that it may be filed separately) PAGE PAGE Posts—Vacant 789 Sale of Toll and other Rents 819 Examinations, Results of Examinations, &c. 798 Unofficial Notices . 827 Notices calling for Tenders 799 Applications for Foreign Liquor Licences 828 Notices re Decisions on Tenders 818 Auction Sales 829 Sale of'Articles, &e. 818 Miscellaneous Notices ' Note.—P art. V I published with this issue contains a list of Jurors and Assessors of the Kalutara District. Posts — Vacant GENERAL CONDITIONS APPLICABLE. TO APPOINTMENTS TO POSTS IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE ADVERTISED IN THE “ CEYLON GOVERNMENT GAZETTE-” 1. A l l o w a n c e s —Unless otherwise stated, Rent Allow­ (iv) New Entrant Officers who qualify for entry into ance, temporary Cost of Living Allowance and the Public Service through the Sinhala temporary Special Living Allowance are payable Medium will be exempted from the Proficiency according to Government Regulations. Test in Sinhala. 2. Conditions of Service .—Appointments will be N o te .—The term “ New Entrant Officers ” in this con­ subject tq the Public Service Commission Rules, the text means officers appointed to posts in the Financial 'Regulations, the Regulations of the Manual Public Service on or after September 24, 1956, of Procedure, Departmental Orders or Regulations, and who are not deemed to be old entrant officers any other orders' or regulations issued from time to in terms of sub-paragraphs 2 (ii) (b) and 2 time by the Government.