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Part I · Registration of Deaths of Persons Missing Due to Terrorist or Subversive Activity or Civil Commotion

3. Additional material to be supplied

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

Every application under this Act shall be supported by an affidavit of the applicant setting out the grounds for his belief that the person whose death is sought to be registered, is dead, and shall be accompanied by a report from the Grama Niladhari of the Grama Niladhari Division in which the person whose death is sought to be registered was last resident or had his permanant residence, confirming the fact that such person has not been seen alive or heard of, for a period of over one year, and accompanied by any other evidence in support of such application.

Part II

Registration of Deaths of Persons Missing Due to Natural Disasters or Calamities

Part III

Miscellaneous Provisions

Schedules