New bill on the amended NIC to parliament
The amended bill in regard to the issue of the national identity card to the manner of the identity cards are to be issued was handed over to the Leader of the House Lakshman Kiriella in
parliament on the 09th instant.The amended clause for the issue of the electronic national identity card presented to parliament was that the age limit had been lowered to 15 years for the applicants.
From this bill it is proposed that this would help to find the names of persons living in Sri Lanka could be facilitated.
It is also learned that from this bill all persons living in the country should posses a national identity card.