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lk-00-2015_e
PARLIAMENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC
PARLIAMENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA NINETEENTH AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION [Certified on 15th May, 2015] Printed on the Order of Government Published as a Supplement to Part II of the Gaze...
http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/act/2015/5/00-2015_E.pdf
documents_gov_lk
LK
Sri Lanka
en
null
null
null
2026-09-25T22:39:56Z
documents.gov.lk. Authentic official text prevails. Not legal advice.
current
00-2015_E
00-2015_E
26
instruments/lk-00-2015_e.json
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lk-01-1980_e
Pa.'ispurt · (Regulatio11,) and Exit Permit (Amend1rient) .
PARLIAMENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF ; SRI LANKA ‘ PASSPORT (REGULATION) AND EXIT PERMIT (AMENDMENT) ACT, No. 1 OF 1980 [Certified on 10th January, 1980] Printed on the Orders of Government Published as a Supplement to Part II of the Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka of January 11,...
http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/act/1980/1/01-1980_E.pdf
documents_gov_lk
LK
Sri Lanka
en
null
null
null
2026-09-04T20:24:29Z
Government of Sri Lanka documents.gov.lk. Not legal advice.
current
01-1980_E
01-1980_E
0
instruments/lk-01-1980_e.json
{"collector": "collect_lk.py", "schema": "collection_record.v1", "source_host": "www.documents.gov.lk", "content_sha256": "91bc6124fd174d85d6f6656a8995d9995663119aa8daeca17e3fb1f5afc2f1e2", "rights": {"not_legal_advice": true, "official_reuse_url": "http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/act/1980/1/01-1980_E.pdf", "license"...
lk-01-1980_t
Passports (Regulation) and Exit Permits (Amendment) Act, No. 1 of 1980 (Tamil text)
ட ச படட இலங்கைச்‌ சனநாயக சோசலிசக்‌ குடியரசின்‌ > பாராளுமன்றம்‌ . * 1980 ஆம்‌ ஆண்டின்‌ 1 ஆம்‌ இலக்க, கடவுச்‌€ட்டு (ஒழுங்குபடுத்தல்‌), வெளிச்செல்லும்‌ ல்‌ அனுமதச்சட்டு (இருத்தச்‌) சட்டம்‌. (1980 சனவரி மாதம்‌ 10 ஆந்‌$தேதி அத்தாட்டிப்படுத்தப்பட்டது.] அரசினர்‌ ஆணைப்படி அச்சிடப்பட்டது. ச்‌ , 1980, சனவரி$மாதம்‌ 11 ஆம்‌ தேதிய ...
http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/act/1980/1/01-1980_T.pdf
documents_gov_lk
LK
Sri Lanka
en
null
null
null
2026-10-02T14:49:26Z
documents.gov.lk. Authentic official text prevails. Not legal advice.
current
01-1980_T
01-1980_T
0
instruments/lk-01-1980_t.json
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lk-01-1981_s
Parliamentary Elections Act, No. 1 of 1981 (Sinhala text)
இ * ලංකා . . 23 *: ප්‍රජාතාන්ත්‍රික සමාජවාදී ජනරජයේ, ௮ அது පාර්ලිමේන්තුව කින නූ J 1981 අංක 1 දරන ்‌ = ட்ட ட : 7 ශී පාර්ලිමේන්තූ මැතිවරණ පනත : දී + [සහතිකය සටහක්‌ කළේ 1981 Send මස 22 මන 8] ෂූ 11 : 2 ආණ්ඩුවේ නියමය පරිදි මුද්‍රණය කරන ලදී. . 4 ம்‌. 1981 ජනවාරි මස 23 වැනි දින ශ්‍රී ලංකා ප්‍රජාතාන්ත්‍රික සමෘජමෘදි පභරජයේ ගැසට...
http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/act/1981/1/01-1981_S.pdf
documents_gov_lk
LK
Sri Lanka
en
null
null
null
2026-10-02T16:28:03Z
documents.gov.lk. Authentic official text prevails. Not legal advice.
current
01-1981_S
01-1981_S
0
instruments/lk-01-1981_s.json
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lk-01-1983_s
"Knives (Amendment) Act, No. 1 of 1983 (Sinhala text; English short title translated from the Sinhal(...TRUNCATED)
">\nශ්‍රී ලංකා .\nප්‍රජාතාන්ත්‍රික සමාජව(...TRUNCATED)
http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/act/1983/1/01-1983_S.pdf
documents_gov_lk
LK
Sri Lanka
en
null
null
null
2026-10-03T01:15:46Z
documents.gov.lk. Authentic official text prevails. Not legal advice.
current
01-1983_S
01-1983_S
0
instruments/lk-01-1983_s.json
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lk-01-1983_t
Knives (Amendment) Act, No. 1 of 1983 (Tamil text; English short title translated from the Tamil)
"a\nசஸ்‌\nஇலங்கைச்‌ சனநாயக சோசலிசக்‌ கு(...TRUNCATED)
http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/act/1983/1/01-1983_T.pdf
documents_gov_lk
LK
Sri Lanka
en
null
null
null
2026-10-03T01:15:55Z
documents.gov.lk. Authentic official text prevails. Not legal advice.
current
01-1983_T
01-1983_T
0
instruments/lk-01-1983_t.json
"{\"collector\": \"lk_egz_screen_tip31b.py\", \"schema\": \"collection_record.v1\", \"source_host\":(...TRUNCATED)
lk-01-1984_s
"Gampaha Young Buddhist Association (Incorporation) Act, No. 1 of 1984 (Sinhala text; English short (...TRUNCATED)
"&\nශ්‍රී ලංකා\n. ප්‍රජාතාන්ත්‍රික සමාජව(...TRUNCATED)
http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/act/1984/1/01-1984_S.pdf
documents_gov_lk
LK
Sri Lanka
en
null
null
null
2026-10-03T05:08:24Z
documents.gov.lk. Authentic official text prevails. Not legal advice.
current
01-1984_S
01-1984_S
0
instruments/lk-01-1984_s.json
"{\"collector\": \"lk_egz_screen_tip31d.py\", \"schema\": \"collection_record.v1\", \"source_host\":(...TRUNCATED)
lk-01-1985_t
Act No. 1 of 1985 (Tamil text; Gazette supplement, Part II)
"34 டப\nஇலங்கைச்‌ சனநாயக சோசலிசக்‌ குடி(...TRUNCATED)
http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/act/1985/1/01-1985_T.pdf
documents_gov_lk
LK
Sri Lanka
en
null
null
null
2026-10-03T16:03:18Z
documents.gov.lk. Authentic official text prevails. Not legal advice.
current
01-1985_T
01-1985_T
0
instruments/lk-01-1985_t.json
"{\"collector\": \"lk_egz_screen_tip31f.py\", \"schema\": \"collection_record.v1\", \"source_host\":(...TRUNCATED)
lk-01-1986_s
Act No. 1 of 1986 (Sinhala text; Gazette supplement, Part II)
"ශ්‍රී ලංකා\n! ප්‍රජාතාන්ත්‍රික සමාජවා(...TRUNCATED)
http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/act/1986/1/01-1986_S.pdf
documents_gov_lk
LK
Sri Lanka
en
null
null
null
2026-10-03T16:59:23Z
documents.gov.lk. Authentic official text prevails. Not legal advice.
current
01-1986_S
01-1986_S
0
instruments/lk-01-1986_s.json
"{\"collector\": \"lk_egz_screen_tip31g.py\", \"schema\": \"collection_record.v1\", \"source_host\":(...TRUNCATED)
lk-01-1987_t
Act No. 1 of 1987 (Tamil text; Gazette supplement, Part II)
"இடமி යූ\nවං இலங்கைச்‌ சனநாயக சோசலிசக்(...TRUNCATED)
http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/act/1987/1/01-1987_T.pdf
documents_gov_lk
LK
Sri Lanka
en
null
null
null
2026-10-03T19:16:14Z
documents.gov.lk. Authentic official text prevails. Not legal advice.
current
01-1987_T
01-1987_T
0
instruments/lk-01-1987_t.json
"{\"collector\": \"lk_egz_screen_tip31h.py\", \"schema\": \"collection_record.v1\", \"source_host\":(...TRUNCATED)
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Laws of Sri Lanka

Research snapshot of official legislation collected from documents.gov.lk / parliament.lk.

Not legal advice. Official gazettes / government portals prevail over this corpus.

Snapshot

Field Value
Snapshot date 2026-10-18
Coverage catalog-backed incomplete
Source documents.gov.lk / parliament.lk
Collector scrapers/collect_lk.py
Laws / instruments 8439
Articles 11005
Language en
Jurisdiction Sri Lanka
License lk-documents-gov

Contents

  • data/laws.parquet — one row per instrument (id, title, full text, dates, status, identifiers, article count, source URL).
  • data/articles.parquet — one row per article/section (law_id, article number, title, text, source URL).
  • scrapers/collect_lk.py — research collector used to build this snapshot.
  • scrapers/common.py — shared collector helpers.
  • scrapers/world_lib.py — shared fetch (live official URL, Wayback fallback).
  • scrapers/archive_fallbacks.py — Wayback / Common Crawl CDX helpers.

License / reuse

Official government / gazette texts; reuse per public-sector terms of the source portal. This packaging, metadata, and collector script are provided for research.

This dataset is not an official consolidation and is not legal advice. The official source prevails.

Notes

tip+31zw tip+31zw LK Wayback documents.gov.lk egz statutory instruments + phase 2 batch 31 (Sinhala-only _s acts without a text layer: SKIP, no OCR); L>=8459

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