5 Short title and commencement.U.K.
(1)This Act may be cited as the [F1Sri Lanka] Independence Act 1947.
(2)In this Act the expression “the appointed day” means such day as His Majesty may by Order in Council appoint.
Textual Amendments
F1For references to “Ceylon” in this Act there are substituted references to “Sri Lanka” by virtue of Sri Lanka Republic Act 1972 (c. 55, SIF 26:40), s. 1(4)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C14.2. 1948 appointed by S.R. & O. 1947/2782 (Rev. III, p. 558: 1947 I, p. 204), art. 2