The third session of the ninth Parliament will begin on August 3 at 10.30 am.
The Gazette notification was issued concluding the second session of the ninth Parliament from Thursday, July 28 midnight.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe prorogued Parliament in accordance with the powers vested in him under Article 70 (1) of the Constitution from Thursday midnight and the third session of the ninth Parliament will commence on August 3 at 10.30 am, a media release issued by the Department of Communication of Parliament stated.
According to subsections (a) and (b) of Article 33 of the Constitution, after the end of one session of Parliament and a new session commences, the President has the opportunity to ceremonially declare open Parliament and preside over it to present the Government’s Policy Statement.
When Parliament is prorogued, the questions and motions which were not considered by Parliament until then are abolished, and the Members of Parliament thus have to take it up in accordance with the standing orders. The Committees other than the Liaison Committee of Parliament, Committee on High Posts and Select Committees should be re-constituted following the beginning of the new session.
The second session of the ninth Parliament was from January 18, 2022 to July 28, 2022 under which Parliament met for 48 days.