Roman Catholic Archibishop and Bishops of Ceylon (Amendment) Act 2000

This Act may be cited as the Roman Catholic

Archbishop and Bishops of Ceylon (Amendment) Act,

No. 19 of 2000

The Roman Catholic Archbishop and Bishops of

Ceylon Ordinance (hereinafter referred to as the “principal enactment”) as last amended by Act No. 7 of 1991 is hereby further amended by the insertion immediately after section 3c thereof, of the following new section which shall have effect as section 3p of the principal enactment :—

“Incorpora-

3D. The Roman Catholic Bishop of Ratnapure, tion ofthe — {9 wit, the Right Reverend Dr. P. Don Albert conn

Malcolm Ranjith and his successors duly

Bishop of | @Ppointed according to the laws and usages of

Ratnapura.

the Roman Catholic Church, shall be a body corporate and shall, for all purposes of this

Ordinance, have the name of the Roman Catholic

Bishop of Ratnapura, 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 suc or be sued in respect of such property in all courts of justice .”

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

“Vesting of property in the Roman

Catholic

Bishop of

Ratnapura.

5p. All property both movable and immovable, already acquired, held or possessed by the said

Right Reverend Dr. P. Don Albert Malcolm

Ranjith, in his official capacity, shall, subject to any trust or condition affecting the same, vest in the said Roman Catholic Bishop of Ratnapura.”.

Section 6 of the principal enactment as last amended by Act, No. 7 of 1991 is hereby further amended by the addition immediately after subsection (4) of that section, of the following new subsection :—

“(5) Any instrument of conveyance, transfer or assignment executed by the Bishop of Galle in favour of the Roman Catholic Bishop of

Ratnapura of all the property movable or immovable which by reason of the creation of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ratnapura become subject to the administration of the

Roman Catholic Bishop of Ratnapura, shall be charged the stamp duty prescribed for such instrument, under section 2 of the Stamp Duty

Act, No. 43 of 1982.”.

Inthe event of any inconsistency between the Sinhala and Tamil texts of this Act, the Sinhala text shall prevail.