Registration of Documents (Amendment) Act 2011

This Act may be cited as the Registration of

Documents (Amendment) Act, No. 48 of 2011.

Section 13 of the Registration of the Documents

Ordinance (Chapter 117) is hereby amended by the repeal of subsection (1) of that section, and the substitution therefor of the following new subsection:—

“(1) Every instrument (other than a will) presented for registration shall embody therein or in a Schedule annexed thereto, an accurate and clear description of the land or immovable property affected thereby, its boundaries, extent and situation specifying the District, Pattu, Korale, Divisional

Secretary’s Division, local authority division and the Grama Niladari Division and the village, of the

District in which the land is situated and in case the land or immovable property affected by this instrument is situated in within any municipality, town or developed area, declared under section 2 of the

Municipal Councils Ordinance (Chapter 252), section 2 of the Urban Councils Ordinance

(Chapter 255) and section 2 of the Pradeshiya Sabha

Act, No. 15 of 1987 respectively, the assessment number and the name, if any, of the street, in which such land or immovable property is situated.”.

In the event of any inconsistency between the

Sinhala and Tamil texts of this Act, the Sinhala text shall prevail.