New Law Incoming

[topkollek]

අමු ගොන් ගොබෙල්ස්ලා සෙට් එකක් ඉන්නෙ

The most recent and relevant new legislation presented to the Sri Lankan Parliament concerning tenant evictions is tied to the Protection of Occupants Bill and the accompanying Rent (Repeal) Bill.These were presented in Parliament on January 20, 2026, by the Minister of Justice and National Integration. (Note: Some related discussions and business occurred earlier, such as in December 2025, but the formal presentation for debate/approval appears to align with the January 2026 parliamentary sitting.)Key Details

• Rent (Repeal) Bill: This seeks to fully repeal the old Rent Act, No. 7 of 1972, which had long provided strong protections for tenants (including restrictions on evictions, rent controls, and grounds for ejection). The old Act was seen as outdated, impacting the housing market, property transactions, and making it difficult for landlords to recover premises.
• Protection of Occupants Bill: This is the new replacement law aimed at balancing rights between landlords and tenants/occupants after the Rent Act's repeal. Its primary purpose is to prevent landlords from unlawfully ejecting persons from occupied premises. Key provisions include:
  • Making it unlawful for landlords to evict occupants in violation of lease agreement terms and conditions.
  • Protecting occupants who have been in the premises for extended periods (e.g., references to occupation exceeding three months in related discussions).
  • Empowering tenants to take action (such as initiating contempt of court proceedings) against landlords who violate court orders or eviction rules.
  • Overall, it aims for fairer protections for both parties, preventing arbitrary evictions while addressing long-standing landlord complaints about recovery difficulties under the old system.

This package follows earlier Cabinet approvals (dating back to 2023–2024) to repeal the Rent Act and introduce balanced protections. The bills were gazetted in September 2025 (e.g., Rent Repeal and Protection of Occupants drafts available via government documents).Context and Status

• The old Rent Act heavily favored tenants, making evictions challenging except on specific grounds (e.g., rent arrears, misuse of premises).
• Earlier reforms like the Recovery of Possession of Premises Given on Lease Act No. 1 of 2023 (Lease Act) already streamlined some eviction processes for newer leases (e.g., allowing direct court approaches after breach notices).
• These 2025–2026 bills represent a broader overhaul to modernize tenancy laws, repeal outdated controls, and introduce protections against unlawful evictions.
• As of late January 2026, a news report highlighted how the new legislation empowers tenants to charge landlords with contempt for violations, reinforcing anti-eviction safeguards.

For the full text or latest status (e.g., whether passed into law), check official sources like the Parliament of Sri Lanka website (parliament.lk) or Government Gazette (documents.gov.lk). Note that parliamentary proceedings are ongoing, and no indication these have been fully enacted yet as of the current date. If you're referring to a specific recent event or need more details, feel free to provide additional context!

 

[pazzy12]

හොද වැඩේ චන්දෙ දීපු මෝඩ හුත්තිගෙ පුතාලට

 

[sajith.xp.pk]

කුලියට ගෙවල් හොයන්න බැරි වෙනව. දෙන ගෙදරත් කුලිය නගිනව x3 වලින් වගේ. නයිස්.

 

[Hyaenidae]

අමු ගොන් ගොබෙල්ස්ලා සෙට් එකක් ඉන්නෙ

The most recent and relevant new legislation presented to the Sri Lankan Parliament concerning tenant evictions is tied to the Protection of Occupants Bill and the accompanying Rent (Repeal) Bill.These were presented in Parliament on January 20, 2026, by the Minister of Justice and National Integration. (Note: Some related discussions and business occurred earlier, such as in December 2025, but the formal presentation for debate/approval appears to align with the January 2026 parliamentary sitting.)Key Details

• Rent (Repeal) Bill: This seeks to fully repeal the old Rent Act, No. 7 of 1972, which had long provided strong protections for tenants (including restrictions on evictions, rent controls, and grounds for ejection). The old Act was seen as outdated, impacting the housing market, property transactions, and making it difficult for landlords to recover premises.
• Protection of Occupants Bill: This is the new replacement law aimed at balancing rights between landlords and tenants/occupants after the Rent Act's repeal. Its primary purpose is to prevent landlords from unlawfully ejecting persons from occupied premises. Key provisions include:
  • Making it unlawful for landlords to evict occupants in violation of lease agreement terms and conditions.
  • Protecting occupants who have been in the premises for extended periods (e.g., references to occupation exceeding three months in related discussions).
  • Empowering tenants to take action (such as initiating contempt of court proceedings) against landlords who violate court orders or eviction rules.
  • Overall, it aims for fairer protections for both parties, preventing arbitrary evictions while addressing long-standing landlord complaints about recovery difficulties under the old system.

This package follows earlier Cabinet approvals (dating back to 2023–2024) to repeal the Rent Act and introduce balanced protections. The bills were gazetted in September 2025 (e.g., Rent Repeal and Protection of Occupants drafts available via government documents).Context and Status

• The old Rent Act heavily favored tenants, making evictions challenging except on specific grounds (e.g., rent arrears, misuse of premises).
• Earlier reforms like the Recovery of Possession of Premises Given on Lease Act No. 1 of 2023 (Lease Act) already streamlined some eviction processes for newer leases (e.g., allowing direct court approaches after breach notices).
• These 2025–2026 bills represent a broader overhaul to modernize tenancy laws, repeal outdated controls, and introduce protections against unlawful evictions.
• As of late January 2026, a news report highlighted how the new legislation empowers tenants to charge landlords with contempt for violations, reinforcing anti-eviction safeguards.

For the full text or latest status (e.g., whether passed into law), check official sources like the Parliament of Sri Lanka website (parliament.lk) or Government Gazette (documents.gov.lk). Note that parliamentary proceedings are ongoing, and no indication these have been fully enacted yet as of the current date. If you're referring to a specific recent event or need more details, feel free to provide additional context!

 

[lapaman]

kawuru hari unlawfully innawanam judgment aka three months walin wage denna one kiyala neethiyak thiyanawada ? nathnam avurudu ganak yanawaada ?

එහෙම නීතියක් නෑ බන්. පනතකින් ඔක සම්මත් කරත් ලංකාවේ උසාවි වල තියෙන තදබදය හින්දා අවුරුදු 3ක් 5ක් වෙනකක් ඇදෙන්න පුළුවන්.

කුලි මුදල් ලබා දෙන්න කියලා නඩුව ඇදුන කාලයේ තීන්දු උනත් කුලිකාරයාට දෙන්න මුදල් නැත්තම් පාඩුව ගෙදර හිමිකරු දරාගන්න ඔන

 

[.::J@S::.]

Market eke godak tiyenne new walin Ganna ewane. Ewa kohomada nawattanne?

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පැලවත්තේ චන්දෙට වියදම් කල දේශීය දුම්කොළ ගොවියා කවුද?

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------ Post added on Jan 31, 2026 at 12:52 PM

 

[goBeyond]

අමු ගොන් ගොබෙල්ස්ලා සෙට් එකක් ඉන්නෙ

The most recent and relevant new legislation presented to the Sri Lankan Parliament concerning tenant evictions is tied to the Protection of Occupants Bill and the accompanying Rent (Repeal) Bill.These were presented in Parliament on January 20, 2026, by the Minister of Justice and National Integration. (Note: Some related discussions and business occurred earlier, such as in December 2025, but the formal presentation for debate/approval appears to align with the January 2026 parliamentary sitting.)Key Details

• Rent (Repeal) Bill: This seeks to fully repeal the old Rent Act, No. 7 of 1972, which had long provided strong protections for tenants (including restrictions on evictions, rent controls, and grounds for ejection). The old Act was seen as outdated, impacting the housing market, property transactions, and making it difficult for landlords to recover premises.
• Protection of Occupants Bill: This is the new replacement law aimed at balancing rights between landlords and tenants/occupants after the Rent Act's repeal. Its primary purpose is to prevent landlords from unlawfully ejecting persons from occupied premises. Key provisions include:
  • Making it unlawful for landlords to evict occupants in violation of lease agreement terms and conditions.
  • Protecting occupants who have been in the premises for extended periods (e.g., references to occupation exceeding three months in related discussions).
  • Empowering tenants to take action (such as initiating contempt of court proceedings) against landlords who violate court orders or eviction rules.
  • Overall, it aims for fairer protections for both parties, preventing arbitrary evictions while addressing long-standing landlord complaints about recovery difficulties under the old system.

This package follows earlier Cabinet approvals (dating back to 2023–2024) to repeal the Rent Act and introduce balanced protections. The bills were gazetted in September 2025 (e.g., Rent Repeal and Protection of Occupants drafts available via government documents).Context and Status

• The old Rent Act heavily favored tenants, making evictions challenging except on specific grounds (e.g., rent arrears, misuse of premises).
• Earlier reforms like the Recovery of Possession of Premises Given on Lease Act No. 1 of 2023 (Lease Act) already streamlined some eviction processes for newer leases (e.g., allowing direct court approaches after breach notices).
• These 2025–2026 bills represent a broader overhaul to modernize tenancy laws, repeal outdated controls, and introduce protections against unlawful evictions.
• As of late January 2026, a news report highlighted how the new legislation empowers tenants to charge landlords with contempt for violations, reinforcing anti-eviction safeguards.

For the full text or latest status (e.g., whether passed into law), check official sources like the Parliament of Sri Lanka website (parliament.lk) or Government Gazette (documents.gov.lk). Note that parliamentary proceedings are ongoing, and no indication these have been fully enacted yet as of the current date. If you're referring to a specific recent event or need more details, feel free to provide additional context!

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මෙයා වගේ හෝදන්න පුළුවන් ඩෝ බිලා තමා අපි හොයන්නෙ

 

[Inigo Montoya]

un salli denne nettm mokda wenne danne, jeppo higannutama sepa denne pakku

අග්රීමන්ට් එකට වගන්තියක් දාන්න වෙයි මාසයක් හෝ දෙකක් එකදිගට බිල් ගෙව්වේ නැතොත් අග්රීමන්ට් එක අවලංගු වෙලා පදිංචිකරුවන් නීතිවිරෝධී පදිංචිකරුවන් වෙන විදියට.

 

[kasunkaru]

jvp ponna hingala puthalata dan gewal allana lesi

 

[PoweruseR]

ahh ela kuliya awurdu 5ta ganna wenawa .. sinhalluta pare thama inna wenne .. cari athul .. lol

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jvp ponna hingala puthalata dan gewal allana lesi

ata 2 thama ban .. minissu gewal den na .. mage nam eka property ekak wath deela na ,, denneth na
------ Post added on Jan 31, 2026 at 1:01 PM

 

[EVC]

niyamay

 

[PoweruseR]

niyamay

chande deepu mee harak ta pare thamai inna wenne .. lol

 

[Candid-B]

ඕක ඔය හදීසියෙ එන්නෙ මන් හිතන්නෙ දැන් දිට්වා ගෙවල් නැථිවෙච්චි අය පුලුවන් උන් කුලියට යනවනේ. උන්ට ප්‍රශ්නයක් නොවෙන්න. මොකද උන්ට ප්‍රශ්නයක් උනොත් උන් පාරට එනවා පාරට ආවොත් ඒක ආණ්ඩුවට ප්‍රශ්නයක්.

 

[PoweruseR]

mehemei aluthin contract gahaddi liytai . me dawasata salli gewwe netnam dawas kihipayak athulatha niwasin pita wiya yuthui kiyala ,,

 

[Inigo Montoya]

මෝඩ කොමෙන්ට්

ඇයි කලින් තිබුන විදිහට බලෙන් පදිංචි වෙලා ඉන්න කෙනෙක්ව අයින් කරන්න කරන්ට් කපල, වතුර කපල, බලෙන් එලියට දාන එක නිත්යානුකුලයි ද?

නීතියානුකූලද දන්නේ නැහැ, එත් ආණ්ඩුව මරාට එහෙම කළා.

 

[lapaman]

අග්රීමන්ට් එකට වගන්තියක් දාන්න වෙයි මාසයක් හෝ දෙකක් එකදිගට බිල් ගෙව්වේ නැතොත් අග්රීමන්ට් එක අවලංගු වෙලා පදිංචිකරුවන් නීතිවිරෝධී පදිංචිකරුවන් වෙන විදියට.

ඔව් ඒක හරි.

මේවා ස්විල් නඩු නේ කොහොමත්. එතකොට කොහොමත් ඔය වගේ වගන්තියක් දැම්මොත් අමුතුවෙන් ඔප්පු කරන්න ඔන නැ. හැබැයි ලෝයර් නොටිස් එකක් යවන්න 5000ක් වගේ යනවා නඩුව පවරන්න 20000ක් වගෙ යනවා එහෙම බැලුවා ඌ රෙන්ට් එක නොදී ඉන්න කාල එක්ක බලල key money අවුරුද්දක්වත් ගන්න ඔන එකෙන් කපාගෙන ඉන්න

 

[thaweesha]

කුලී කාරයා JVP එකෙක් උනොත් මම සල්ලි දෙනෙන් නැතුව ඉන්නවා මේකනම් මරු වැඩක්

Hithannawath epa. Kelawaganna hadanne.

 

[maverick44]

Please help me to understand :

" The old Rent Act heavily favored tenants, making evictions challenging except on specific grounds (e.g., rent arrears, misuse of premises)."

" Protection of Occupants Bill: This is the new replacement law aimed at balancing rights between landlords and tenants/occupants after the Rent Act's repeal. Its primary purpose is to prevent landlords from unlawfully ejecting persons from occupied premises. Key provisions include:

• Making it unlawful for landlords to evict occupants in violation of lease agreement terms and conditions.
• Protecting occupants who have been in the premises for extended periods (e.g., references to occupation exceeding three months in related discussions).
• Empowering tenants to take action (such as initiating contempt of court proceedings) against landlords who violate court orders or eviction rules.
• Overall, it aims for fairer protections for both parties, preventing arbitrary evictions while addressing long-standing landlord complaints about recovery difficulties under the old system."
• "As of late January 2026, a news report highlighted how the new legislation empowers tenants to charge landlords with contempt for violations, reinforcing anti-eviction safeguards."

Seems contradictory statements . Do not seee any safegguards for landlords ? @Hyaenidae What is there for landlords ?

 

[PoweruseR]

CEB gas cariyanta oka valied neda ? cariyanta bill gewan nathiwa inna oni

 

[lapaman]

CEB gas cariyanta oka valied neda ? cariyanta bill gewan nathiwa inna oni

ඔය පනත සම්මත කරද්දි දාන්න ඔන වගන්තියක් කුලී හිමියා කුලී සමග බිල් පත් නොගෙවයි නම් නිවසේ හිමිකරු විසින් බිල්පත් අනිවාර්යයෙන් ගෙවන්න ඔන නැත්නම් බන්ධනාගාර ගත කරනවා වගේ