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- ↑ "Hon. Jayasundera, Wilfred Hector de Silva, M.P." parliament.lk. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- ↑ "The Ceylon Government Gazette" (PDF). National Library Service. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
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