10. Amendment of section 36 of the principal enactment

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

Section 36 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the repeal of subsection (2) of that section and the substitution of the following therefor :—

“(2)

Any person who—

(a)

in the case of residential premises, is the surviving spouse or child or parent or unmarried brother or sister of the deceased tenant or brother or sister of the deceased tenant if he was unmarried at the time of death, and was a member of the household of the deceased tenant during the whole of the period of six months immediately preceding his death, and

(b)

in the case of business premises, is the surviving spouse or child of the deceased tenant, where such spouse or child carries on in such premises the business carried on by the deceased tenant, shall, subject to any order of the board as hereinafter provided, be deemed for the purposes of this Act to be the tenant of the premises :

Provided however, no surviving spouse, child, parent, brother or sister as the case may be, shall be deemed to be the tenant of the premises of the deceased tenant under subsection (2), if such person—

(i)

was the owner of any such premises on the date of the death of the deceased tenant ; and

(ii)

is not the surviving spouse, child, parent, brother or sister of the original tenant.”.

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