A basic guide to the - Colombo Port City Economic Commission Bill

While the Supreme Court cannot determine the wider social, economic and political impacts of a Bill, it is the role of the legislature to debate and assess these issues, in light of the contextual realities that prevail in the country, above and beyond the constitutionality of the document. [...] Who is the CPCEC Accountable to? The provisions contained in the Bill on the accountability of and oversight over the CPCEC are as below: Area of Oversight Responsible Authority The appointment and The President has powers of appointment and removal of the Members of removal of the Members of the Commission (Clauses 7 and 9 of the Bill) the Commission The appointment of the President to be consult. [...] (Clause 15) The submitting of Annual To submit to the President or in the event that the subject of the Colombo Reports of the CPCEC Port City is assigned to a Minister, to such Minister, and to the Minister assigned the subject of Finance, an annual report on the operations, income and expenditure of the Commission, to be placed before Parliament (Clause 6 (aa)) The CPCEC appears to be a self-gov. [...] 9 Clause 6 (j) 10 Clause 6 (p) 11 The 20th Amendment removed the Audit Service Commission, excluded a number of public offices from the ambit of the Auditor General, and made the appointment of the Auditor General one that falls within the wide powers of the President. [...] Among the information that is accessible to the public under the Companies Act is the Share 12 In several places of the Bill there is reference to the powers assigned to the President being assigned to a Minister in the event that the subject of the Port City is assigned to a Minister.