Local Government bodies with expired terms have already fallen under a special commissioner.

Additional Commissioner (Local Authority Elections) - Mr. R.M.A.L. Rathnayake says that as a new Act has been passed for local government bodies, their interface should be changed accordingly.

According to Additional Commissioner (Legal & Investigation) - Mr. M.M. Mohamed, formulating necessary rules and boundaries have also concluded.

Although a gazette on this regard is to be released, the election secretariat is yet to receive the gazette notification that is to be issued.