Roman Catholic Archbishop and Bishops of Ceylon (Amendment) Act 1980

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s 1Short title

This Act may be cited as the Roman Catholic

Archbishop and Bishops of Ceylon (Amendment) Act,

No. 28 of 1980.

s 2Insertion of new section 3A in Chapter 338

The Roman Catholic Archbishop and Bishops of Ceylon

Ordinance, (hereinafter referred to as “the principal enact-ment”) is hereby amended by the insertion, immediately after section 3 thereof, of the following new section which shall have effect as section 3a of the principal enactment :—

3a.

“ Incorpora-The Roman Catholic Bishop of Badulla, te °

to wit, the Right Reverend Doctor Don Leo

Nanayakkara, O.S.B., and his successors duly appointed according to the laws and usages of the Roman Catholic Church, shall be a body corporate and shall, for all the purposes of this Ordinance, have the name of the

Bishop of Badulla, and by such name shall have perpetual succession and shall have full power to acquire, purchase, take, hold and enjoy movable and immovable property of every description and to sell or otherwise dispose of the same, and may sue or be sued in respect of such property in all Courts of

Justice. ”.

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Amendment

s 3Insertion of new section 5a in the principal enactment

The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 5, and shall have effect as section 5a of the principal enactment :—

“ Vesting 5a. All property, both movable and operty immovable, already acquired, held or in the possessed by the said Right Reverend Doctor

Bishop of

Don Leo Nanayakkara, O.S.B., in his official capacity shall, subject to any trust or condition affecting the same, vest in the said

Bishop of Badulla. ”.

s 4of section 6 of the principal enactment

Section 6 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows :—

(1)

by the renumbering of that section as subsection (1)

of that section ; and

(2)

by the insertion, immediately after the renumbered subsection (1), of the following new subsection :—

“ (2) Any instrument of conveyance, transfer or assignment executed by the Bishop of Kandy in favour of the Bishop of Badulla of all the property movable or immovable which by reason of the creation of the Diocese of Badulla becomes subject to the administration of the Bishop of Badulla, shall be deemed to be an instrument chargeable under

Part I, item 23 (7) of Schedule A to the Stamp

Ordinance. ”.

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