ACT, No. 22 OF 2013

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PARLIAMENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC
SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF
SRI LANKA
MARRIAGE REGISTRATION
(AMENDMENT) ACT, No. 22 OF 2013
[Certified on 08th May, 2013]
Printed on the Order of Government
Published as a Supplement to Part II of the Gazette of the Democratic
Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka of May 10, 2013
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Act, No. 22 of 2013
(Certified on 08th May, 2013)
L.D.—O. 6/2013.
ANACT TO AMEND THE MARRIAGE REGISTRATION ORDINANCE
(CHAPTER 112)
BE it enacted by the Parliament of the Democratic Socialist
Republic of Sri Lanka as follows:-
1. This Act may be cited as the Marriage Registration Short title and
(Amendment) Act, No. 22 of 2013 and shall be deemed to date of
have come into operation on January 1, 2013. operation.
2. Section 24 of the Marriage Registration Ordinance Amendment of
(Chapter 112) (hereinafter referred to as the “principal section 24 of the
enactment”) is hereby amended by the repeal of subsection Marriage
Registration
(6) of that section, and the substitution therefor, of the
Ordinance
following subsection :— (Chapter 112).
“(6) Every notice to a Registrar of a Division or to a
District Registrar as the case may be, under subsection
(1), (2) or (3) of section 23 or every notice under
subsection (4) thereof, shall be accompanied by a receipt
issued by the Registrar of such Division or such District
Registrar as the case may be, in proof of payment of a sum
of rupees ten or a sum of rupees thirty respectively or
such other amount as may be prescribed by the Minister
from time to time.”.
3. Section 27 of the principal enactment is hereby Amendment of
amended by the repeal of subsection (4) of that section, and section 27 of the
the substitution therefor, of the following subsection :— principal
enactment.
“(4) Where the declaration is made before the District
Registrar, the party making the declaration shall pay
rupees one hundred or such amount as may be prescribed
by the Minister from time to time, and where the
declaration is made before the Registrar of a Division it
shall be accompanied by a receipt issued by the District
Registrar in proof of payment of a sum of rupees one
hundred or such amount as may be prescribed.”.
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Amendment of 4. Section 34 of the principal enactment is hereby
section 34 of the amended by the repeal of subsection (5) of that section, and
principal
the substitution therefor, of the following subsection :—
enactment.
“(5) The minister shall, within seven days from the
date of the solemnizing of the marriage, separate from the
register book the duplicate statement of the marriage and
transmit the same to the District Registrar within whose
district the marriage was solemnised together with a fee
specified in the second schedule to this Act, as may be
prescribed by the Minister from time to time, which is
payable to such Registrar for the registration of such
marriage.”.
Amendment of 5. Section 38 of the principal enactment is hereby
section 38 of the amended by the repeal of subsection (2) of that section, and
principal
the substitution therefor, of the following subsection :—
enactment.
“(2) In case the female party belongs to a class other
than that described in the preceding subsection or is in
the opinion of the District Registrar, not entitled to the
benefits of that subsection, it shall be lawful for the District
Registrar upon the application of one of the parties to the
intended marriage, and which application shall be
accompanied by a receipt issued by the District Registrar
in proof of payment of a sum of rupees three thousand
five hundred or such other amount as may be prescribed
by the Minister from time to time, to issue a licence
empowering a registrar to solemnise the marriage at such
place and hour as the parties may prefer and as they may
be named in this licence.”.
Amendment of 6. Section 51 of the principal enactment is hereby
section 51 of the amended by the repeal of subsection (2) of that section, and
principal
the substitution therefor, of the following subsection :—
enactment.
“(2) The applicant shall pay in respect of every written
application and in respect of every certified copy or
certified extract thereof such amount as may be prescribed
by the Minister from time to time.”.

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7. Section 62 of the principal enactment is hereby Amendment of
section 62 of the
amended in subsection (1) of that section, by the substitution principal
for the words “the fees enumerated in the second schedule” enactment.
of the words “the fees enumerated in the second schedule
which may be prescribed by the Minister from time to
time,”.
8. The Second Schedule to the principal enactment as Replacement of
the second
last amended by Act, No. 36 of 2006, is hereby repealed and
schedule to the
the following schedule substituted therefor :— principal
enactment.
“SECOND SCHEDULE (Section 62)
For what Duty Payable to Payable Amount
whom by whom (Rs.)
1 Entering a notice Registrar Applicant
of marriage at his
office or at any
other place 100.00
2 Entering a notice Additional Applicant
of marriage at his District
office or at any Registrar or
other place District
Registrar 100.00
3 Issuing Registrar’s Registrar Parties to
certificate on a notice marriage
of marriage 100.00
4 Issuing Registrar’s Additional Parties to
certificate on a notice District marriage
of marriage Registrar or
District
Registrar 100.00
5 Solemnising Registrar Parties to
marriage in his marriage
office 750.00

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6 Registration of District Parties to
marriage solemnised Registrar marriage
in registered place
of public worship 750.00
7 Solemnising Additional Parties to
marriage in his District marriage
office Registrar or
District
Registrar 750.00
8 Solemnising Registrar Parties to
marriage outside his marriage
office under
section 38 1500.00
9 Solemnising Additional Parties to
marriage outside his District marriage
office under Registrar or
section 38 District
Registrar 1500.00”.
Validation. 9. Any fees charged or collected by or on behalf of the
Registrar- General or any person authorised under this Act,
for any purpose authorised by this Act to charge or collect,
during the period commencing on January 1, 2013 and ending
on the date on which the certificate of the speaker is endorsed
in respect of this Act, shall be deemed to have been validly
charged or collected by the Registrar- General or by any such
person authorised under this Act:
Provided that, the aforesaid provisions shall not affect
any decision or Order made by any Court or any proceedings
pending in any Court in respect of any fee charged or collected
during the aforesaid period.
Sinhala text to 10. In the event of any inconsistency between the
prevail in case Sinhala and Tamil texts of this Act, the Sinhala text shall
of inconsistency.
prevail.

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