{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sri-lanka-independence-act-1947/section-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sri-lanka-independence-act-1947/section-5.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6/11-12/7",
  "legislation_title": "Sri Lanka Independence Act 1947",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sri-lanka-independence-act-1947",
  "path": "section/5",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Short title and commencement.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Sri Lanka Independence Act 1947.\n(2) In this Act the expression “the appointed day” means such day as His Majesty may by Order in Council appoint.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "For 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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "4.2. 1948 appointed by S.R. & O. 1947/2782 (Rev. III, p. 558: 1947 I, p. 204), art. 2"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/11-12/7/section/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:24:24.409522+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}