Civil Procedure Code (Amendment) Act 2005

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

Official translationFrom Department of Government Printing, unchanged

s 1Short title

This Act may be cited as the Civil Procedure Code

(Amendment) Act, No. 4 of 2005.

s 2Amendment of section 544 of Chapter 101

Section 544 of the Civil Procedure Code is hereby amended in subsection (1) of that section as follows :—

(1)

by the substitution in paragraph (e) thereof for the words and figures “within the meaning of the

Banking Act, No. 30 of 1988,” of the words and figures “within the meaning of the Banking Act,

No. 30 of 1988; ” ; and

(2)

by the addition immediately after paragraph (e)

thereof the following new paragraph :—

“(f)

any instrument relating to any monetary interest (other than a bearer instrument or a negotiable instrument) issued by a company or other body of persons established in terms of any law for the time being in force,”;

(3)

by the addition at the end of that subsection of the following :—

“For the purposes of paragraph (f) of this subsection —

“instrument” means a legally enforceable agreement expressing a contractual right to the payment of money ; and

“bearer instrument” means a negotiable instrument transferable from one person to another, upon certain conditions being met.”.

s 3Sinhala text to prevail in case of inconsistency

In the event of any inconsistency between the Sinhala and Tamil texts of this Act, the Sinhala text shall prevail.