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Part III · Miscellaneous Provisions

13. Procedure if person registered as dead is found to be alive

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

(1)

Where a death has been registered pursuant to an application made under sections 2,8,10 or 11 of this Act, and where any person at any time thereafter becomes aware that the person whose death has been so registered is alive, such person shall forthwith furnish such information to the

Registrar-General.

(2)

The Registrar-General shall, on receipt of such information convey the information to the Officer-in-Charge of the relevant police station, who shall investigate the truth of such information and forward a report to the Registrar-General, within four weeks from the date on which such information is conveyed to such officer.

(3)

Upon receipt of a report under subsection (2) and after such inquiry as he may deem necessary the Registrar-General, if satisfied that the person whose death has been registered is alive, shall take such action, or make such order or give such direction, under section 52 of the Births and Deaths

Registration Act, as is appropriate in the circumstances of the case.

(4)

Any inquiry held by the Registrar-General under this

Act shall be concluded within one month of its commencement and the Registrar-General may, for the purpose of an inquiry under this Act, exercise all the powers exercisable by him under the Births and Deaths Registration

Act, in relation to an inquiry held by him under that Act.

Read on from s 14

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