Legal problem over Lotteries Board being assigned to Ravi?
Will the allocation of the National Lotteries Board to Foreign Minister Ravi Karunanayake create a legal problem? Or has it already?
Some sources believe it would citing the National Lotteries Board Act No. 11 of 1963. They say that the Interpretation Section of that Act is Section 22 which specifically states: “The Minister means the Minister to whom the subject or function of Finance is assigned by the President.”
“Thus, under the statute, the minister who can be in charge of the National Lotteries Board is only the Minister of Finance,” this source said arguing that the Government Gazette under which the subject was assigned to Karunanayake is subordinate legislation subject to Parliamentary law.
“Hence there is a statutory/legislative issue about the National Lotteries Board being allocated to the Minister of Foreign Affairs,” the sources said. “Under the statute, only the Minister of Finance can be in charge of it.”
(Source: The Island)
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ravi ought to be labelled the crook of the year and his award bankr of the year was awarded by a crooked institution with bo identity or address for I wanted to find out as to what criteria thy used to make this award, I am in the proces of filing a petition with the idrb exposing him for what he is until some such time they will investigate the credibility of the operations of the fiscal policy if any before they give a second thought to evem test the credibility of the claims.
this crook ought to be given a ministry without a portfolio until some such time he be tried dor fraud and embesselment of xentral ban!
obviously sirisena and ranil are both culpable associates of crimes comitted.
this crook ought to be told no to abything to do with money even with a game like monopoly
Simple: Apples & Orange’s.