First Session |
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| First Meeting | 19 April 1956 |
| Summoned | 20 April 1956 |
| Prorogued | 03 May 1957 |
Second Session |
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| Summoned | 13 June 1957 |
| Prorogued | 15 May 1958 |
Third Session |
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| Summoned* | 04 June 1958 |
| Prorogued | 23 May 1959 |
| *The date fixed for the summoning of the Third Session was 12 June 1958, but owing to declaration of a State of Emergency Parliament was summoned to meet on 04 June 1958. | |
Fourth Session |
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| Summoned | 30 June 1959 |
| Dissolved | 05 December 1959 |
First Session |
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| First Meeting | 09 June 1952 |
| Summoned | 10 June 1952 |
| Prorogued | 29 April 1953 |
Second Session |
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| Summoned | 07 July 1953 |
| Prorogued | 31 March 1954 |
Third Session |
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| Summoned* | 12 April 1954 |
| Prorogued | 27 April 1955 |
| *The Third Session was declared open by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. | |
Fourth Session |
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| Summoned* | 07 June 1955 |
| Dissolved | 18 February 1956 |
| *His Excellency Sir Oliver Goonetilleke's first Speech from the Throne to both Houses of Parliament after he was appointed Governor-General. | |
First Session |
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| First Meeting | 14 October 1947 |
| Summoned* | 25 November 1947 |
| Prorogued | 31 January 1948 |
| *Governor - His Excellency Sir Henry Monek-Mason Moore, G.C.M.G. | |
Second Session |
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| Summoned* | 10 February 1948 |
| Prorogued | 17 June 1949 |
| * The Second Session, the first after Independence, was opened by His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester. | |
Third Session |
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| Summoned* | 12 July 1949 |
| Prorogued | 06 April 1950 |
| * His Excellency Rt. Hon. Lord Soulbury's first Speech from the Throne to both Houses of Parliament after he was appointed Governor-General. | |
Fourth Session |
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| Summoned | 20 June 1950 |
| Prorogued | 24 April 1951 |
Fifth Session |
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| Summoned | 20 June 1951 |
| Prorogued | 08 April 1952 |
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