Laws of Sri Lanka

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Agrarian Development Act, No. 46 of 2000

Act · Made 2000-08-18

Agrarian Development (Amendment) Act, No. 46 of 2011

Act · Made 2011-11-22

Agrarian Development (Nomination of Successors) Regulations, No. 1 of 2013

Regulation · Made 2013-03-15

Agrarian Services Act 1979 (No. 58 of 1979)

Act · Made 1979-09-25

Agrarian Services (Amendment) Act 1991 (No. 4 of 1991)

Act · Made 1991-02-23

Agricultural and Agrarian Insurance Act (No. 20 of 1999)

Act · Made 1999-07-16

Agricultural Insurance Law (No. 27 of 1975)

Act · Made 1973-07-11

Repealed

Agricultural Produce Agents (Registration) Ordinance

Regulation · Made 1941-08-11

Amendment to the Fertilizer (Import, Manufacture and Formulation) Regulations, No. 1 of 2010

Regulation · Made 2024-07-25

Bread (Amendment) Act

Act · Made 1983-02-10

Bread Ordinance

Act · Made 1865

Coconut Development Act No. 46 of 1971

Act · Made 1971-10-30

Coconut Development (Amendment) Act, No. 40 of 1987

Act · Made 1986-03-20

Coconut Development (Amendment) Act, No. 7 of 1986

Act · Made 1986-03-20

Coconut Development (Amendment) Act, No. 7 of 2019

Act · Made 2019-05-14

Coconut Development (Amendment) Act, No. 8 of 1986

Act · Made 1986-03-20

Coconut Development (Special Provisions) Act, No. 45 of 1984

Act · Made 1984-11-28

Coconut Fibre Act

Act · Made 1968-03-10

Coconut Fibre (Amendment) Act No. 45 of 1984

Act · Made 1984-11-28

Coconut Research Act No. 53 of 1961

Act · Made 1928-12-05

Coconut Research (Amendment)Act No. 45 of 1984

Act · Made 1984-11-28

Control of Pesticides Act 1980 (No. 33 of 1980)

Act · Made 1980-09-05

Control of Pesticides (Amendment) Act 1994 (No. 6 of 1994)

Act · Made 1994-04-06

Control of Pesticides (Amendment) Act (No. 31 of 2011)

Act · Made 2011-06-23

Control of Pesticides (Pest Control Services) Regulations No. 01 of 2010

Regulation · Made 2010-05-25

Control of Pesticides Regulations (Time Limits) 01 st of 2017

Regulation · Made 2017-06-01

Determination of areas of Agrarian Development Council in different Districts under Section 51 of Agrarian Development Act No. 46 of 2000

Other · Made 2014-02-10

Direction No. 72 by Order of the Consumer Affairs Authority under Section 10(1)(b)(ii) of the Consumer Affairs Authority Act, No. 09 of 2003

Regulation · Made 2020-07-23

Export Development of Organic Products Regulations 2014

Regulation · Made 2014-07-10

Fertilizer (Import, Manufacture and Formulation) Regulations, No. 1 of 2010

Regulation · Made 2010-12-01

Fertilizers Act 1961 (No. 21 of 1961)

Act · Made 1961

Food (Bread Standards) Regulations, 1994

Regulation · Made 1994-08-31

Food (Bread Standards) Regulations, 2011

Regulation · Made 2011-11-16

Food (Colour Coding for Sugar, Salt and Fat) Regulations, 2019

Regulation · Made 2019-04-16

Food (Labelling and Advertising) Regulations, 2022

Regulation · Made 2023-01-17

Food Production (Estates) Act

Act · Made 1954-07-30

Food (Prohibition of Potassium Bromate in Flour) Regulations, 2000

Regulation · Made 2001-03-15

Food (Refined Wheat Flour Fortification) Regulations, 2022

Regulation · Made 2022-12-22

Food (Trans-Fat) Regulations, 2022

Regulation · Made 2023-01-04

Food (Vinegar Standards) Regulations, 2007

Regulation · Made 2007-06-27

Hazardous Occupations Regulations No. 01 of 2021

Regulation · Made 2021-11-18

Imports and Exports (Control) Regulations No. 07 of 2021

Regulation · Made 2021-05-06

Imports and Exports Control (Standardization and Quality Control) Regulations, 2017

Regulation · Made 2018-03-29

Repealed

Intellectual Property Act, No. 36 of 2003

Act · Made 2003-11-12

International Winged Bean (Dambala) Institute Act

Act · Made 1982-02-05

Land Acquisition Regulations, 2008

Regulation · Made 2009-04-07

Mahinda Chintana – Vision for the Future

policy · Made 2010

Malathion Control Act No. 22 of 1985

Act · Made 1985-06-21

Minimum Wages (Indian Labour) Ordinance (Chapter 135)

Regulation · Made 1927-12-09

Ministry of Agriculture - Order made to cancel every licence issued in respect of pesticides containing the active ingredients namely Carbofuran, Carbaryl and Chlorpyriphos

Regulation · Made 2016-12-19

Ministry of Agriculture - Order made to declare the Lists of approved General Pesticides, Domestic Pesticides and Restricted Pesticides

Regulation · Made 2016-11-01

Ministry of Agriculture - Order to declare that every licence issued in respect of pesticides of containing the active ingredients such as alachlor etc. shall be cancelled

Regulation · Made 2014-03-03

National Adaptation Plan for Climate Change Impacts in Sri Lanka: 2016 - 2025

policy · Made 2016

National Climate Change Adaptation Strategy for Sri Lanka 2011 to 2016

policy · Made 2010-11-16

National Implementation Plan under the Stockholm Convention on POPs for Sri Lanka

policy · Made 2008

National Institute of Plantation Management Act

Act · Made 1981-05-01

National Institute of Plantation Management (Amendment) Act (No. 5 of 1987)

Act · Made 1987-01-30

National Policy Framework Vistas of Prosperity and Splendour

policy · Made 2019

National Strategic Plan for Combating Antimicrobial Resistance in Sri Lanka 2023-2028

policy · Made 2023

Nationally Determined Contributions Implementation Plan (2021-2030)

policy · Made 2023-07

Order by the President made under the Essential Public Services Act No. 61 of 1979 to declare essencial services

Regulation · Made 2021-06-02

Order of Minister of Environment under Section 23 W (1)(a) of the National Environmental Act, No. 47 of 1980 on Baning the Use of PET/PVC for Packing Agrochemicals

Regulation · Made 2021-01-27

Order to Modify Every Licence Issued in respect of Pesticides Containing Glyphosate

Regulation · Made 2018-10-02

Order under Control of Pesticides Act to Notify that the Glyphosate as restricted pesticides

Regulation · Made 2018-09-13

Paddy Marketing Board Act (No. 14 of 1971)

Act · Made 1971-03-16

Paddy Producers' Savings Law

Act · Made 1980-12-31

Plant Management Institute (Amendment) Act (No. 76 of 1981)

Act · Made 1981-12-29

Plant Protection Act, No. 35 of 1999

Act · Made 1999-10-07

Plant Protection Ordinance 1924 (No. 10 of 1924)

Act · Made 1924-06-27

Repealed

Planters' Association of Ceylon Ordinance (No. 12 of 1916)

Act · Made 1916-06-26

Poisons, Opium, and Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) Act, No. 13 of 1984

Act · Made 1984-04-11

Poisons, Opium, and Dangerous Drugs Ordinance [Chapter 218]

Act · Made 1936-01-01

Prevention, Control and Eradication of Diseases (Coconut and other Palms) Regulation No. 01 of 2008

Regulation · Made 2008-03-24

Protection of New Plant Varieties Act (Breeder's Rights)

Act · Made 2001

Protection of Produce Ordinance

Act · Made 1917-11-07

Readiness Plan for Implementation of Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) 2017-2019

policy · Made 2016

Regulation of Fertilizer Act (No. 69 of 1988)

Act · Made 1988-12-17

Revised National Implementation Plan under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants in Sri Lanka - 2015

policy · Made 2015

Rubber Control Act

Act · Made 1956-05-01

Rubber Control (Amendment) Act

Act · Made 1983-02-10

Rubber Replanting Subsidy Act, No. 36 of 1953

Act · Made 1953-10-05

Rubber Replanting Subsidy (Amendment) Act, No. 10 of 1983

Act · Made 1983-02-10

Rubber Replanting Subsidy (Amendment) Act, No. 20 of 2006

Act · Made 2006-05-03

Rubber Replanting Subsidy (Amendment) Act, No. 9 of 1998

Act · Made 1998-03-30

Rubber Research (Amendment) Act

Act · Made 1983-02-10

Rubber Research (Amendment) Act No. 39 of 1987

Act · Made 1987-10-23

Rubber Research Ordinance

Act · Made 1930-08-01

Seed Act (No. 22 of 2003)

Act · Made 2003-07-30

Special Import Licence and Payment Regulations, No. 1 of 2011

Regulation · Made 2011-12-31

Sri Lanka National Agricultural Policy (2007)

policy · Made 2007

Sri Lanka National Agriculture Policy (2021)

policy · Made 2021

Sri Lanka Standard - Specification for Fortified Milled Rice (SLS 1804:2024)

Other · Made 2024

Sri Lanka Tea Board Act (No. 14 of 1975)

Act · Made 1976-01-01

Sri Lanka Tea Board (Amendment) Act (No. 13 of 2018)

Act · Made 2018-06-05

Sri Lanka Tea Board (Amendment) Act (No. 44 of 2006)

Act · Made 2006-11-06

Standardization and Quality Control Regulations under the Imports and Exports (Control) Act, No. 1 of 1969

Regulation · Made 2024-05-17

Substitution for the Regulations made under the control of Pesticides Act. No. 33 of 1980

Regulation · Made 2014-07-10

Sugar Cane Research Institute

Act · Made 1981-12-29

Sugarcane research Institute (Amendment) Act No. 5 of 1992

Act · Made 1992-02-25

Tea Control Act

Act · Made 1958-01-01

Tea Control (Amendment)Act

Act · Made 1983

Tea Control (Amendment)Act No. 3 of 1993

Act · Made 1993-02-12

Tea Research Board Act No. 52 of 1993

Act · Made 1993-11-12

Tea Research Board (Amendment) Act (No. 43 of 2006)

Act · Made 2006-11-06

Tea Research Board (Amendment) Act, No. 8 of 2019

Act · Made 2019-06-18

Tea Shakthi Fund Act, No. 47 of 2000

Act · Made 2000-08-18

Tea Small Holdings Development (Amendment) Act No. 21 of 1997

Act · Made 1997-08-12

Tea Small Holdings Development (Amendment) Act No. 36 of 1991

Act · Made 1991-08-28

Tea Small Holdings Development Law

Act · Made 1975-09-09

Water Hyacinth Ordinance

Regulation · Made 1909-03-20