3. Amendment of section 12 of the principal enactment

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

Section 12 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows:-

(1)

by the repeal of in paragraph (b) in subsection (1)

thereof and the substitution therefor, of the following:-

“(b) execute a bond before the High Court by depositing a sum of rupees ten thousand, to the due and faithful discharge of his duties as a notary, which shall be credited to the

Consolidated Fund; and”;

(2)

by the repeal of subsection (2) thereof and the substitution therefor, of the following:-

“(2) Every bond referred to in paragraph (b) of subsection (1) shall be signed in the presence of the

High Court Judge having jurisdiction over the area specified in the warrant of the notary.”; and

(3)

by the repeal of subsection (3) thereof.

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