2. Amendment of section 524 of Chapter 101

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

Section 524 of the Civil Procedure Code (hereinafter referred to as the “principal enactment”) is hereby amended as follows :—

(1)

in subsection (1) of that section, by the insertion immediately after paragraph (b) thereof, of the following new paragraph :—

“(bb) the heirs of the deceased to the best of the petitioner’s knowledge ;”;

(2)

by the repeal of subsection (5) of that section.

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