A long overdue amendment to the SLIA Law was presented to Parliament in 1996 by the then Minister of Urban Development, Housing and Public Utilities, Hon. Nimal Siripala De Silva. The SLIA is grateful to the late Hon. Pieter Keuneman and Hon. Nimal Siripala De Silva for the kind assistance extended to further the architectural profession in Sri Lanka. The Sri Lanka Institute of Architects (Amendment) Law No. 14 of 1996 vested power in the Institute to form an ??rchitects Registration Board?? With the formation of this Board in February 1997 all those who practice the profession of architecture in Sri Lanka are required to register under three categories namely ??hartered Architects?? ??rchitects?? and ??rchitectural Licentiates?? The CIA office and SLIA office carried on its operations from the private office or residence of the Hony. Secretary until April 1978 when the SLIA office was shifted to the small room in the Sri Lanka Association for Advancement of Science (SLAAS) building at 120/10, Wijerama Mawatha, Colombo 07. This was due to the fact that, twenty perches of land adjoining SLAAS given on lease by the Government to the SLIA, was handed over to SLAAS to build their Head office on a total of 40 perches in 1976 as the SLIA did not have funds to build premises of their own at that time. In 1982, SLIA council decided to have their own building. A Competition was conducted for the building on a site at Kotte in the year 1984 and Prof. Lakshman Alwis won the competition. However, after carrying out the soil testing, this site was abandoned and Prof. Lakshman Alwis was requested to do another design for the new site at 120/7, Vidya Mawatha, Colombo 07, where the present SLIA head office is located. Prof. Alwis provided Professional services to the head office building free of charge through his office-M/s Design Consortium Limited. The construction of the building was Started by Archt. Mihindu Keerthiratne,President SLIA during the 1991/92 Session. However, construction work of the building went at a slow pace from 1993-1996. In March 1997, then President of SLIA, Archt. V. N. C. Gunasekara shifted the SLIA office to this new semi-finished building and completed all works by 1998. The SLIA Head Office now provides the following facilities to its Members: