ACT, No. 23 OF 2013

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PARLIAMENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC
SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF
SRI LANKA
KANDYAN MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE
(AMENDMENT) ACT, No. 23 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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Kandyan Marriage And Divorce 1
(Amendment) Act, No. 23 of 2013
[Certified on 8th May, 2013]
L.D.— O. 15/2013
AN ACT TO AMEND THE KANDYAN MARRIAGE AND
DIVORCE ACT (CHAPTER 113)
BE it enacted by the Parliament of the Democratic Socialist
Republic of Sri Lanka as follows:-
1. This Act may be cited as the Kandyan Marriage and Short title and
Divorce (Amendment) Act, No. 23 of 2013 and shall be deemed date of
operation.
to have come into operation on January 1, 2013.
2. Section 16 of the Kandyan Marriage and Divorce Act Amendment of
(Chapter 113) (hereinafter referred to as the “principal section 16 of the
Kandyan
enactment”) is hereby amended in subsection (6) thereof, by
Marriage and
the repeal of paragraph (d) of that subsection and the Divorce Act
substitution therefor of the following paragraph :- (Chapter 113).
“(d) shall be accompanied by a receipt issued by
the Divisional Registrar or the District Registrar as
the case may be, in proof of payment of the
prescribed fee; and.” .
3. Section 18 of the principal enactment is hereby amended Amendment of
in subsection (5) thereof, by the substitution for the words section 18 of
the principal
“the declaration shall bear a stamp or stamps of the prescribed enactment.
value which shall be supplied by the party making the
declaration” of the words “the declaration shall be
accompanied by a receipt issued by the District Registrar in
proof of payment of the prescribed fee which shall be made by
the party making the declaration.” .
4. Section 19 of the principal enactment is hereby amended Amendment of
section 19 of the
by the repeal of subsection (4) of that section, and the principal
substitution therefor of the following subsection:- enactment.
“(4) Where the declaration is made before the
District Registrar or the Divisional Registrar it shall
be accompanied by a receipt issued by the District
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Registrar in proof of payment of a sum of rupees one
hundred or such other amount as may be prescribed
by the Minister. Such fees shall be paid by the party
making the declaration.”.
Amendment of 5. Section 24 of the principal enactment is hereby amended
section 24 of the by the repeal of subsection (2) of that section and the
principal
enactment. substitution therefor of the following subsection:-
“(2) Every application authorised to be made under
the preceding provisions of this section, shall be
accompanied by a receipt issued by the District
Registrar or the Divisional Registrar in proof of
payment of the prescribed value.”.
Validation. 6. 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 7. In the event of any inconsistency between the Sinhala
prevail in case of
inconsistency. and Tamil Texts of this Act, the Sinhala text shall prevail.

Kandyan Marriage And Divorce 3
(Amendment) Act, No. 23 of 2013
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