DISPUTE IN SRI LANKA
(N.Z.P. A.-Reuter—Copyright) COLOMBO, Dec. 10. Sri Lanka’s Opposition parties will demand the with-
drawal of a pres bill now before Parliament until the con-' stitutional validity of the bill I had been decided. A three-member constitu-! tional court has been hearing; .petitions challenging the validity of the bill, which seeks to regulate the press in Sri Lanka (Ceylon) and set up ai 'press council. The bill was presented to the assembly on November 7 and was immediately chai-, lenged in eight petitions,' mainly on the ground that it imposed unjustifiable re-, straint on freedom of speech! and expression. The petitions also said that it was unconstitutional.
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Press, Volume CXII, Issue 33096, 11 December 1972, Page 20
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