4. Amendment of section 6 of the principal enactment

Section 6 of the principal enactment as last amended by Act, No. 19 of 2000 is hereby further amended by the addition immediately after subsection (5) of that section, of the following new subsection :—

“(6) Any instrument of conveyance, transfer or assignment executed by the Bishop of Trincomalee in favaour of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Batticaloa of all the property movable or immovable which by reason of the creation of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Batticaloa become subject to the administration of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Batticaloa, shall be charged the stamp duty prescribed for such instrument, under section 2 of the Stamp Duty Act, No. 43 of 1982

or section 13 of the Stamp Duty (Special Provisions)

Act, No. 12 of 2006, as the case may be.”.