Powers of Attorney (Amendment) Act 2013

This Act may be cited as the Powers of Attorney

(Amendment) Act, No.14 of 2013 and shall be deemed to have come into operation on January 1, 2013.

Section 9 of the Powers of Attorney Ordinance

(Chapter122)(hereinafter referred to as the “principal enactment ”) is hereby amended by the repeal of that section and the substitution therefor of the following:—

9. The following fees or such other amount as may be prescribed by the Minister, time to time shall be payable to the Registrar-General under this Ordinance:—

1.For the registration of any power of attorney 2.For the registration of any notification of cancellation or revocation of any registered power of attorney

3. For every application to inspect the records

“Fees.

1,500.00 500.00 500.00

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4. For every application for a certified copy of a registered power of attorney

5. For every certified copy issued under section 7, per Folio

The following new section is hereby added immediately after section 9 of the principal enactment and shall have effect as section 10 of that enactment.

10. (1) The Minister may, from time to time, make regulations for the purpose of carrying out or giving effect to the principles and provisions of this Act and in particular in respect of any matter required under this Act to be prescribed.

Without prejudice to the generality of the powers conferred by subsection (1), the

the fees payable in respect of any matter under this Act;

the Forms to be used for any purpose under this Act.

Every regulation made by the Minister shall be published in the Gazette and shall come into operation on the date of such publication or on such later date as may be specified therein.

Every regulation made by the Minister shall as soon as convenient after its publication in the Gazette, be brought before the Parliament for approval. Any such regulation which is

Notification of the date on which any regulation made by the Minister is deemed to be so rescinded shall be published in the

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.

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