| No |
Name of Law |
Overview |
Responsible agency |
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| 1 |
Animal Diseases Act, No. 59, 1992 |
Control and prevention of contagious diseases in animals. Control of import and export of animals, animal products, veterinary drugs and veterinary biological products. Establishment of the Veterinary Drug Control Authority. Defines Veterinary Biological Product as including vaccines, sera, micro-organisms, whether living or dead, and their extracts or by-products intended for use in the diagnosis, treatment or prevention of disease in animals. |
Department of Animal Production and Health, Ministry of Livestock and Rural Community Development |
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| 2 |
Animal Feed Act, No. 15, 1986 |
Regulate, supervise and control the manufacture, sale and distribution of animal feed including the issuance of a license, labelling, appointment of the Animal Feed Advisory Committee and continuous studies and reporting by the Committee. |
Department of Animal Production and Health, Ministry of Livestock and Rural Community Development |
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| 3 |
Animals Act, No. 29, 1958 |
Slaughter and removal of animals, trespassing animals, castration and breeding, regulation of transport. The animals addressed include ox, buffalo, sheep, goat, pig or poultry. |
of Animal Production and Health, Ministry of Livestock and Rural Community Development |
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| 4 |
Consumer Affairs Authority Act, 2003 |
Establishment of Consumer Affairs Authority. Protection of Consumers. |
Ministry of Trade, Commerce and Consumer Affairs |
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| 5 |
Control of Pesticides Act, No. 33, 1980 |
Licensing of Pesticides, regulating the import, packing, labelling, storage, formulation, transport, sale and use of Pesticides. Appointment of the Pesticides Formulary Committee |
Department of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture |
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| 6 |
Customs Ordinance, No. 2, 2003 |
Customs. Regulation of import and export, prohibitions and restrictions of import and export, warehousing of goods, smuggling seizures and prosecutions, onus probandi as to lawfulness of import or export etc. |
Sri Lanka Customs |
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| 7 |
Fauna and Flora Protection Ordinance, No. 2, 1937 |
Protection of Fauna and Flora, import or import and release of mammal, bird, amphibian, fish, reptile, invertebrate etc., export of mammal, bird, amphibian, fish, coral or invertebrate. |
Department of Wildlife Conservation |
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| 8 |
Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Act, No. 2, 1996 |
Management, regulation, conservation and development of fisheries and aquatic resources. Prohibit or regulate the export and import of any species of fish including live fish, egg, roe or spawn. |
Department of Fisheries |
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| 9 |
Food Act, No.26 1980 |
Regulation of the manufacture, importation, sale, storage and distribution of food. Labelling, packaging, treating, processing, selling and advertising. Appointment of a Food Advisory Committee. Chief Food Authority and Food Authorities. |
Food Commissioner's Department |
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| 10 |
Food Control Act, 1950 |
Regulation and Control of the distribution, transport and supply of food. |
Ministry of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine |
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| 11 |
Forest Ordinance, 1907 |
Regulate the import and export of timber and forest produce. |
Forest Department |
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| 12 |
National Environmental Act, 1980 |
Protection, management and enhancement of the environment. The regulation, maintenance and control of the quality of the environment. The prevention, abatement and control of pollution. |
Central Environmental Authority |
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| 13 |
Plant Protection Act, No 35, 1999 |
Prevent the introduction into Sri Lanka and the spread of organisms harmful or destructive of plants and for the sanitation of plants. |
Department of Agriculture |
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| 14 |
Quarantine and Prevention of Diseases Ordinance, No. 12, 1952 |
Provisions for the prevention of the introduction of the plague and other contagious or infectious diseases into Sri Lanka and preventing their spread outside of the Country. |
Department of Agriculture/ Department of Animal Production and Health |
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| 15 |
Seed Act, No. 22, 2003 |
Regulate the quality of seed and planting material. Establish National Seed Council. Registration of seed handlers. Seed certification service. |
Department of Agriculture |
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| 16 |
Sri Lanka Accreditation Board for Conformity Assessment Act, No. 32, 2005 |
Establishment of Sri Lanka Accreditation Board for Conformity Assessment. Accreditation of laboratories and certification and inspection bodies. |
Sri Lanka Accreditation Board and Ministry of Science, Technology and Research |
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| 17 |
Science and Technology Development Act, No. 11, 1994 |
Development of science and technology, Establishment of the National Science and Technology Commission / National Science Foundation / Council for Information Technology of Sri Lanka / the Industrial Technology Institute / Arthur C. Clerk Institute for Modern Technologies. |
National Science Foundation |
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| 18 |
Water Hyacinth Ordinance, No. 09, 1909 |
Provisions to prevent the introduction into and dissemination in Sri Lanka of the Water Hyacinth. The Minister may by-order extend the provisions to any noxious weed or plant specified in the Order and to the seed or any part of such plant. |
Department of Agriculture |
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