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

2. Who may apply for the issue of a certificate of death in case of a person missing due to terrorist activity &c., and procedure

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

(1)

Where any person is reported missing and he has not been heard of for a period exceeding one year by those who would naturally have heard of him, had he been alive and his disappearance is attributable to any terrorist or subversive activity or civil commotion which has taken place within Sri Lanka, a next of kin of such person if he verily believes such person to be dead, may apply in the manner hereinafter provided, to register the death of such person under the provisions of the Births and Deaths Registration

Act and to have issued to him, a Certificate of Death in respect of such person.

(2)

Every application under this section shall be substantially in the Form specified in the Schedule to this

Act and shall be forwarded to the Registrar-General or the

District Registrar of Births and Deaths of the District in which such missing person was last resident or had his permanent residence.

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Part II

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

Read on from Part II

Part III

Miscellaneous Provisions

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Schedules