PARLIAMENT

His Excellency the President by virtue of the powers vested in him by Article 70 of the Constitution and in pursuance of the provisions of Section 10 of the Parliamentary Elections Act, No.1 of 1981, dissolved the Parliament with effect from the midnight of 26^th of June 2015 and summoned the new Parliament to meet on the 1^st of September 2015.

In addition to this, the date for the Parliamentary General Election has been fixed to 17.08.2015, and the nomination period has been specified as 06.07.2015 to 13.07.2015.

[ Gazette Extraordinary No. 1920/38 of 26^th June 2015 ]