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2. Amendment of section 338 of the principal enactment

Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.

Section 338 of the principal enactment is hereby amended in subsection (3) thereof, by the substitution for paragraph (b) thereof, of the following paragraph :—

‘ “legal representative” means an executor or administrator or in the case of an estate below the value of rupees four million, the next of kin who have adiated the inheritance:

Provided however, that in the event of any dispute arising as to who is the legal representative the provisions of section 397 shall, mutatis mutandis, apply.’.