Sri Lanka’s Parliament approves 22nd Amendment to Constitution

The Third Reading of the Twenty-Second Amendment to the Constitution Bill, which seeks to raise the retirement age of judges, has been passed with amendments with a special majority in the Parliament.

A total of 158 members voted in favour of the constitutional amendment while 63 voted against it. There were no abstentions during the Third Reading division of the bill.

The bill will thereby come into effect as the Twenty-Second Amendment to the Constitution Act after the Speaker of Parliament endorses his certificate on the bill.