Sri Lanka, Sept. 3 -- The Attorney General yesterday informed the Supreme Court that the proposed 22nd Amendment to the Constitution does not seek to amend any of the entrenched provisions specified in Article 83 of the Constitution and, therefore, does not require approval at a referendum.

Solicitor General Viraj Dayaratne, appearing for the Attorney General, made these submissions when 67 Special Determination petitions challenging the constitutionality of the proposed amendment were taken up for hearing for the second consecutive day before a five-judge bench comprising Chief Justice Preethi Padman Surasena and Justices Achala Wengappuli, Arjuna Obeyesekere, Sampath Abayakoon and Gihan Kulatunga.

The Solicitor General submitted that...