Buddhist Temporalities (Amendment) Act 1981

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s 1

This Act may be cited as the Buddhist Temporalities sport title

(Amendment) Act, No. 18 of 1981, and shall come into and sate ion operation on such date (hereinafter referred to as the

“appointed date”) as the Minister by Order published in the Gazette may appoint.

s 2Section 12 of the Buddhist Temporalities Ordinance amendment

(hereinafter referred to as the “ principal enactment”) is of of Chep-hereby amended by the substitution for the proviso to that ter 318.

section of the following new proviso :—

“Provided that—

(a)

the period of office of a Diyawadana Nilame shall be ten years ; and

(b)

the period of office of a Basnayake Nilame may be extended by the President, if he is of opinion that it will be conducive to the efficient management of the property of a temple, for a period of one year at a time, so however, that the aggregate of such periods shall not exceed two years.”.

s 3

Every Basnayake Nilame holding office on the day Application immediately preceding the appointed date shall—

of amend-

ti 12

(a)

where he has held such office for a period of five to Basnayake years or more on the appointed date, cease to hold Nilame oe

holding such office on the expiration of a period of one week office.

from the appointed date, unless the President has extended his period of office ; and

(b)

on completion of a period of five years from the date of his appointment to such office, cease to hold such office unless the President has extended his period of office:

Provided however that, where such person completes a period of five years in such office within a period of one week from the appointed date he shall on the expiration of a period of one week from the appointed date cease to hold such office, unless the President has extended his period of office.

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