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2. Section 12 of the Buddhist Temporalities Ordinance amendment
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(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.”.