Notaries (Amendment) Act 2013

This Act may be cited as the Notaries (Amendment)

Act, No. 13 of 2013, and shall be deemed to have come into operation on January 1, 2013.

Section 27 of the Notaries Ordinance (Chapter107),

(hereinafter referred to as the “principal enactment”) is hereby amended in subsection (3) of that section, by the substitution for the words “and shall bear a stamp duty of ten rupees:” of the words “ and shall be paid a sum of rupees One thousand or such other amount as may be prescribed by the Minister from time to time:”.

Form D of the Second Schedule of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the substitution for the words “stamped certificate.” of the words “certificate.”.

Any fees charged or collected by or on behalf of the

Registrar-General or any person authorised under this Act, for any purpose authorised by this Act to charge or collect, during the period commencing on January 1, 2013 and ending on the date on which the certificate of the Speaker is endorsed in respect of this Act, shall be deemed to have been validly charged or collected by the Registrar-General or by any such person authorised under this Act:

Provided that, the aforesaid provisions shall not affect any decision or Order made by any Court or any proceedings pending in any Court in respect of any fee charged or collected during the aforesaid period.

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