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Gazettes on maintaining public order & declaring supply of electricity as essential service, issued again
An Extraordinary gazette notification has been issued calling upon the armed forces to maintain public order across the country with effect from today (22).
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has issued the Gazette by virtue of the powers vested in him by Section 12 of the Public Security Ordinance (Chapter 40).
Accordingly, the Army, Navy and the Air Force have been called out for the maintenance of public order in the Administrative Districts of Colombo, Gampaha, Kalutara, Galle, Matara, Hambantota, Jaffna, Mannar, Mullaitivu, Batticaloa, Ampara, Trincomalee, Puttalam and the territorial water adjacent to such Districts, Administrative Districts of Kandy, Matale, Nuwara Eliya, Kilinochchi, Vavuniya, Kurunegala, Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa, Badulla, Monaragala, Ratnapura, Kegalle.
Meanwhile, on the order of the President, Secretary to the President Gamini Senerath yesterday issued an extraordinary gazette declaring the supply of electricity as an essential service.
All service, work or labour, of any description whatsoever, necessary or required to be done in connection with the maintenance, and the reception, care feeding, and treatment, of patients in hospitals, nursing homes, dispensaries, and other similar institution have also been declared as essential service.
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