Ministry Deep Dive
This section provides a structured exploration of the legislative ecosystem under specific Sri Lankan government ministries. The analysis maps Acts, statutory bodies, and governance structures using an entity-relationship model inspired by OpenGIN.
Act Deep Dives
Health Ministry
| Act / Ordinance | Lineage | Deep Dive | Key Topics |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Services Act | Lineage | Deep Dive | Health Council, Provincial Health Committees, amendment timeline |
| Medical Ordinance | Lineage | Deep Dive | Sri Lanka Medical Council, medical practitioner registration |
| Medical Wants Ordinance | Lineage | Deep Dive | Medical supplies regulation |
| Mental Disease Ordinance | Lineage | Deep Dive | Mental health governance framework |
| National Health Dev. Fund Act | Lineage | Deep Dive | NHDF Board of Management |
| Nursing Homes (Regulations) Act | Lineage | Deep Dive | Private nursing home registration |
| Poisons, Opium & Dangerous Drugs Ordinance | Lineage | Deep Dive | Controlled substances regulation |
Education Ministry
| Act / Ordinance | Lineage | Deep Dive | Key Topics |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assisted Schools & Training Colleges Act | Lineage | Deep Dive | State takeover of denominational schools, property vesting, unaided school financial relief |
| National Library & Documentation Services Board Act | Lineage | Deep Dive | NLDSB body corporate, National Library Centre, Director-General, no amendments since 1998 |
| Public Examinations Act | Lineage | Deep Dive | Commissioner-General, secret documents, examination offences, decentralisation |
| School Development Boards Act | Lineage | Deep Dive | Per-school boards, community governance, School Development Fund, Principal as Chairman |
| UNESCO Scholarship Fund Act | Lineage | Deep Dive | Scholarships for disabled/displaced children, Board of Management, book publishing |
| State Printing Corporation Act | Lineage | Deep Dive | Government printing, school textbooks, commercial expansion, import/export |
| Education Ordinance | Lineage | Deep Dive | Foundational education law, Department of Education, Free Education (1947), advisory councils, estate schools |
OpenGIN Entity Mapping
Every item in this analysis carries a kind with major and minor fields, following OpenGIN's entity classification:
| Kind | Major | Minor | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| Act | Legislation | act | Health Services Act, No. 12 of 1952 |
| Ordinance | Legislation | ordinance | Medical Ordinance, No. 26 of 1927 |
| Statutory Body | Organisation | statutory-body | Health Council |
Relationships are expressed as string ID references between entities (e.g., an act's crossReferences array contains IDs of related acts). This allows the data to be directly imported into OpenGIN-compatible systems for graph-based exploration.
Data Source
All acts listed here are assigned to their respective ministers per Gazette Extraordinary No. 2289/43 dated July 22, 2022. Deep analyses are based on primary legislative text, amendment acts, and secondary governance research.