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2. Amendment of section 16 of the Kandyan Marriage and Divorce Act

Official English translation. The Sinhala text prevails. Open the official Sinhala text, official PDF on documents.gov.lk

Section 16 of the Kandyan Marriage and Divorce Act

(Chapter 113) (hereinafter referred to as the “principal enactment”) is hereby amended in subsection (6) thereof, by the repeal of paragraph (d) of that subsection and the substitution therefor of the following paragraph :-

“(d) shall be accompanied by a receipt issued by the Divisional Registrar or the District Registrar as the case may be, in proof of payment of the prescribed fee; and.” .