2. Amendment of section 2 of Chapter
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Section 2 of the Buddhist Temporalities Ordinance
(hereinafter referred to as the “principal enactment ”) ig hereby amended as follows :—
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by the insertion immediately after the definition of
“court”, of the following new definition :—
‘“Jocal authority” means a Municipal Council constituted under the Municipal Councils
Ordinance (Chapter 252), an Urban Council constituted under the Urban Councils Ordi-nance (Chapter 255), or a Pradeshiya Sabha constituted under the Pradeshiya Sabha Act,
No. 15 of 1987 and includes any authority created and established by or under any written law to exercise, perform and dis-charge powers, duties and functions corres-ponding to, or similar to, the powers, duties and functions exercised, performed and dis-charged by any such Council or Sabha ;’;
by the insertion immediately after the definition of
“paraveni panguwa”, of the following new definition :—~
‘“ Provincial Council” means a Provincial Council established by Article 154a of the
Consti-tution ;.