ACT, No. 47 OF 2011

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PARLIAMENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC
SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF
SRI LANKA
NOTARIES (AMENDMENT)
ACT, NO. 47 OF 2011
[Certified on 24th November, 2011]
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 November 25, 2011
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Notaries (Amendment) Act, No. 47 of 2011 1
[Certified on 24th November, 2011]
L.D.—O. 17/2011.
ANACT TO AMEND THE NOTARIES ORDINANCE
BE it enacted by the Parliament of the Democratic Socialist
Republic of Sri Lanka as follows:—
1. This Act may be cited as the Notaries (Amendment) Short title.
Act, No. 47 of 2011.
2. Section 31 of the Notaries Ordinance (Chapter 107) Amendment of
(hereinafter referred to as the “principal enactment”) is hereby section 31 of
Chapter 107.
amended by the repeal of paragraph (a) of subsection (16)
thereof and substitution therefor of the following
paragraph :—
“(16) (a) He shall not authenticate or attest any
deed or instrument, other than a will or codicil,
affecting land or other immovable property, unless
the deed or instrument embodies therin or in a
Schedule annexed therto an accurate and clear
description of the said land or other property affected
thereby, showing its boundaries, extent, situation
specifying the district, pattu, korale, Divisional
Secretary’s Division, local authority division and
the Grama Niladari Division, and the village within
the District in which the land is situated and in
case the land is situated in any municipality, town
or development area, declared under section 2 of the
Municipal Councils Ordinance (Chapter 252)
section 2 of the Urban Councils’ Ordinance
(Chapter 255) and section 2 of the Pradeshiya Sabha
Act, No. 15 of 1987 respectively, the assessment
number and the name, if any, of the street, in which
it is situated.”.
2—PL 006245—4,090 (09/2011)
2 Notaries (Amendment) Act, No. 47 of 2011
Amendment of 3. Section 31 of the principal enactment is hereby
section 31 of the amended in subsection (26) as follows:—
principal
enactment.
(1) by the renumbering of paragraph (a) of that
subsection as sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (a)
thereof;
(2) by the insertion immediately after the re-numbered
sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (a) of the following:—
“(ii) a certified copy of the list prepared under
subparagraph (i) above shall be sent to the
Commissioner or Secretary of the respective
local authority, within whose area of
authority the land described in the Schedule
is situated;”.
Replacement of 4. Second Schedule to the principal enactment is hereby
Form F of the amended in Form “F” thereof, by the substitution for the
Second
heading to column 6 of the aforesaid form, of the heading
Schedule.
“Name of each local authority affected by each property in
the Deed”.
Sinhala text to 5. In the event of any inconsistency between the Sinhala
prevail in case and Tamil texts of this Act, the Sinhala text shall prevail.
of inconsistency

Notaries (Amendment) Act, No. 47 of 2011 3
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