Registration Of Documents (Amendment) Law

Registration Of Documents (Amendment) Law


A LAW TO AMEND THE REGISTRATION OF DOCUMENTS ORDINANCE

BE it enacted by the National State Assembly of the Republic of Sri Lanka as follows :-
Short title.
1. This Law may be cited as the Registration of Documents (Amendment) Law, No, 19 of 1976.
Amendment of the First Schedule to Chapter 117
2. The Registration of Documents Ordinance is hereby amended in the First Schedule thereto as follows :-

(1) In Part I of that Schedule-

(i) by the substitution for item 1 thereof, of the following new item :-

“1. Every instrument of release), surrender or annulment and every receipt or discharge where the amount of principal for which such instrument or receipt or discharge is given does not exceed Rs. 5,000, a fee of Rs. 5 0
Where it is indefinite, or it exceeds Rs. 5,000, a fee of and Rs. 10 0″;
(ii) by the substitution for Item 10 thereof, of the following new item :-

“10. An Instrument presented to the Registrar-General under section 29, in addition to any other fee payable, a fee of-

(a) for registration in one or two registration districts Rs. 30 0
(b) for registration in each additional registration district .. and Rs. 10 0″;
(2) In Part III of that Schedule –

(i) by the substitution for item 1 thereof, of the following new Item :-

“1

(a) An application to inspect the duplicates of deeds, instruments or documents, or the attested or 1 certified copies thereof transmitted or delivered under Chapter II during a period not exceeding twelve months by any one Judge, notary or public officer, a fee of Rs. c. 5 0
(b) And in respect of each additional period of twelve months or part of such period, an additional fee of Rs. 2 0″;
(ii) by the substitution for item 2 thereof, of the following new item :-

“2. An application to inspect any book or index kept under Chapters III, IV, V, VI, for each transaction or matter in respect or which the search is made, a fee of Rs. 2 50”;
(iii) by the substitution for item 3 thereof, of the following new item :-

” 3. An application for copies or extracts from any deed, or for copies of or extracts from any folio or folios relating to any land, a fee of and Rs. 2 50″;
(iv) by the substitution for item 4 thereof, of the following new item :-

” 4.

(a) For supplying certified copies or extracts, for every folio or part of a folio of 120 words a fee of Rs. 2 50
(b) For each copy of a plan on tracing paper, a fee of Rs. 5 0
(c) For each copy of a plan on drawing paper, a fee of Rs. 10 0
With, in each case, (a), (b) or (c), an additional fee for each certificate of Rs. 2 50″.