Buddhist Temporalities (Amendment) Act 1981

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s 1Short title and date of operation

This Act may be cited as the Buddhist Temporalities

(Amendment) Act, No. 42 of 1981, and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may appoint by Order published in the Gazette.

s 2of Chapter 318

The Buddhist Temniporalities Ordinance (hereinafter referred to as the “principal enactment”) is hereby amended by the substitution—

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(a)

for the expression “Public Trustee”, wherever that expression occurs in the principal enactment, other than in sections 2, 9, 15(4), 46 and 48, of the expres-sion “Commissioner of Buddhist Affairs”; and

(b)

for the expression “ Registrar-General”, wherever that expression occurs in the principal enactment,

other than in section 2, of the expression ‘“ Commis-sioner of Buddhist Affairs ”.

s 3of section 2 of the principal enactment

Section 2 of the principal enactment is hereby amend-ed as follows :—

(a)

by the insertion, immediately after the definition of

“bhikku”, of the following new definition :—

‘“ Commissioner of Buddhist Affairs” means the person for the time being holding the office of the Commissioner of Buddhist Affairs and includes any Deputy Commissioner’; and

(b)

by the omission of the definition of “ Registrar-General ”.

s 4of section 15 of the principal enactment

Section 15 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the repeal of subsection (4) of that section and the substitution therefor of the following subsection :—

(4)

Proceedings may be taken under this section in respect of every alleged misfeasance, breach of trust or neglect of duty by any trustee or Viharadhipathi whether committed before or after the commencement of this Ordinance and in respect of such proceedings, the Commissioner of Buddhist Affairs shall have all the 1—6 5548911450 (8] /03)

Amendment

Amendment powers vested in the Public Trustee for the investiga-tion of the conditions and accounts of trusts by the

Public Trustee Ordinance, as amended from time to time. ”.

s 5Transfer of rights, liabilities and obligations

(1)

All rights, liabilities and obligations.

9f the Public

Trustee and the Registrar-General under the pringipel enactment immediately prior to the date of commencement of this Act shall be deemed to be the rights, Mabilities and cbligations of the Commissioner of Buddhist Affairs.

(2)

Any act or proceeding commenced under the princi-pal enactment by the Public Trustee or the Registrar-General and not completed before the commencement of this Act may be continued and completed by the Canynis-sioner of Buddhist Affairs.

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