Rescue, Rehabilitation and Insolvency (Corporate and Personal) Act 2026 · As enacted · Part IX
193. Notice of administrator's appointment and details
Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.
Official translationFrom Department of Government Printing, unchanged
An administrator shall –
before the close of the next working day after appointment, give written notice of the appointment to the Registrar and Authority;
as soon as practicable, and in any event before the close of the next working day after appointment, give written notice of the appointment to each person who holds an encumbrance over the whole, or substantially the whole, of the company’s property and undertaking; and
within two working days after appointment –
give public notice of the administrator’s appointment; and –
send a copy of the public notice to the
Registrar and Authority.
The contents of the Public notice shall include –
the administrator’s full name;
the date of the appointment;
the identity of the appointer of the administrator and, where the appointer was the court, the identity of the person on whose application the appointment was made; and
the administrator’s office address and contact number to which, during normal working hours, inquiries may be directed.
Where the appointment of an administrator is in addition to an administrator who already holds office or is in place of a person who has vacated office as administrator, each notice under subsection (1) shall state that fact.
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In the event of any change in an administrator’s office address or contact number, the administrator shall, within two working days –
give public notice of the new address or contact number of the administrator, as the case may be;
and
send a copy of the public notice to the Registrar and Authority.
A failure to comply with this section shall not affect the validity of a person’s appointment as administrator.
An administrator who fails to comply with this section commits an offence.
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