13 Commission to report 30. The Commission shall submit an annual report to Parliament of all its activities during the year to which the report relates. Such report shall contain a list of all matters referred to it, and the action taken in respect of them along with the recommendations of the Commission in respect of each matter. The Commission may, whenever it considers it necessary to do so, submit periodic or special reports to Parliament in respect of any particular matter or matters referred to it, and the action taken in respect thereof. Regulations. 31. (1) The Minister may make regulations for the purpose of carrying out or giving effect to the principles and provisions of this Act, or in respect of any matter which is required by this Act to be prescribed, or in respect of which regulations are required to be made. (2) Without prejudice to the generality of the powers conferred by subsection (1), the Minister may make regulations prescribing the procedure to be followed in the conduct of investigations under this Act. (3) Every regulation made by the Minister shall be published in the Gazette, and shall come into operation on the date of such publication, or on such later date as may be specified in the regulation. (4) Every regulation made by the Minister shall as soon as convenient after its publication in the Gazette be brought before Parliament for approval. Any regulation which is not so approved shall be deemed to be rescinded as from the date of such disapproval, but without prejudice to anything previously done there under. (5) Notification of the date of which any regulation is so deemed to be rescinded shall be published in the Gazette. 32. In the event of any inconsistency between the Sinhala and Tamil texts of this Act, the Sinhala text to prevail in case Sinhala text shall prevail. of inconsistency 33. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires“ fundamental right” means a fundamental right declared and recognised by the Constitution; “ head of the institution” in relation to(a) a public officer serving in a Government department, means the head of that department, or where such public officer is the head of that department means the Secretary to the Ministry to which that department has been assigned; (b) a public officer who is serving in a Ministry means the Secretary to the Ministry, or where such public officer is the Secretary means the Minister in charge of that Ministry; Interpretation

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