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

7. Appeal against refusal to issue certificate or issue of certificate

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

An applicant who is dissatisfied with the decision of the District Registrar refusing to issue a certificate to him under section 6, or a person who has objected under section 5 to the issue of a certificate under this Act and who is dissatisfied with the decision of the District Registrar to issue such certificate, may within one month of the notification of such refusal or issue, as the case may be, appeal to the

Registrar-General against such refusal or issue, as the case may be. The Registrar-General may after review of the material before him, either affirm the decision of the District

Registrar or direct the District Registrar to issue a certificate under section 6 or disallow the report issued by that District

Registrar under section 6, as the case may be.

Part II

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

Part III

Miscellaneous Provisions

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