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The Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
such restrictions as may be prescribed by law in the interests of
national economy or in relation to –
(a) the professional, technical, academic, financial and
other qualifications necessary for practising any
profession or carrying on any occupation, trade,
business or enterprise and the licensing and
disciplinary control of the person entitled to such
fundamental right; and
(b) the
on by the State, a State
or a
public corporation of any trade, business, industry,
service or enterprise whether to the exclusion,
complete or partial, of citizens or otherwise.
(6) The exercise and operation of the fundamental right
declared and recognized by Article 14(1)(h) shall be subject to
such restrictions as may be prescribed by law in the interests of
national economy.
(7) The exercise and operation of all the fundamental
rights declared and recognized by Articles 12, 13(1), 13(2) and
14 shall be subject to such restrictions as may be prescribed
by law in the interests of national security, public order and the
protection of public health or morality, or for the purpose of
securing due recognition and respect for the rights and
freedoms of others, or of meeting the just requirements of
the general welfare of a democratic society. For the purposes
of this paragraph “law” includes regulations made under the
law for the time being relating to public security.
(8) The exercise and operation of the fundamental
rights declared and recognized by Articles 12(1), 13 and 14
shall, in their application to the members of the Armed
Forces, Police Force and other Forces charged with the
maintenance of public order, be subject to such restrictions as
may be prescribed by law in the interests of the proper discharge
of their duties and the maintenance of discipline among them.
Existing written
law and unwritten
law to continue in
force
16. (1) All existing written law and unwritten law shall
be valid and operative notwithstanding any inconsistency with
the preceding provisions of this Chapter.
(2) The subjection of any person on the order of a
competent court to any form of punishment recognized by any
existing written law shall not be a contravention of the
provisions of this Chapter.