Government Quarters (Recovery of Possession) (Amendment)

Government Quarters (Recovery of Possession) (Amendment) An Act to amend the Government Quarters (Recovery of Possession) Act, No. 7 of 1969. BE it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and the House of Representatives of Ceylon in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: – Short title. 1. This Act may be cited as the Government Quarters (Recovery of Possession) (Amendment) Act, No. 3 of 1971. Amendment of section 5 of Act No. 7 of 1969. 2. Section 5 of the Government Quarters (Recovery of Possession) Act, No. 7 of 1969 (hereinafter referred to as the ” principal Act “), is hereby amended, by the substitution, for the expression ” The Deputy Secretary to the Treasury may “, . of the expression ” The Director-General of Public Administration may “, Amendment of section 9 of the principal Act. 3. Section 9 of the principal Act is hereby amended in the definition of ” competent authority ” as follows: – (a) by the substitution, for the expression ” means the Deputy Secretary to the Treasury,”, of the expression ” means the Director-General of Public Administration”; and (b) by the substitution, for the expression ” such Deputy Secretary “, of the expression ” such Director-General ”