An amendment to the Mahapola Fund

Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena has affixed his certificate to the Mahapola Higher Education Scholarship Trust Fund (Amendment) Bill yesterday (14).
The Bill was taken up for debate in Parliament on the 8th and passed with amendments.
Accordingly, the long name of the Mahapola Higher Education Scholarship Trust Fund Act No. 66 of 1981 will be amended to include the Lalith Athulathmudali Mahapola Higher Education Scholarship Trust Fund Act.
However, the Mahapola Higher Education Scholarship Trust Fund (Amendment) Act No. 1 of 2022 will come into effect from yesterday (14).