Act of Parliament · As enacted
Sri Lanka Baptist Sangamaya (Incorporation) (Amendment) Act 2024
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
s 1Short title
This Act may be cited as the Sri Lanka Baptist
Sangamaya (Incorporation) (Amendment) Act, No. 11 of 2024.
s 2General amendment to the Chapter 341
In every context in which the Sri Lanka Baptist
Sangamaya is mentioned (whether by that name or by the abbreviation of the “Sangamaya”) in the Sri Lanka Baptist
Sangamaya Ordinance (Chapter 341) (hereinafter referred to as the “principal enactment”) or in any rule, notice or other document made or issued thereunder, there shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be substituted for the expression
“Sri Lanka Baptist Sangamaya” or “Sangamaya” of the expression “Sri Lanka Baptist Church” or “Church”, as the case may be.
Every contract, agreement or other instrument or document whatsoever made, issued or executed prior to the date of commencement of this Act, and subsisting on that date by or in favour of the “Sri Lanka Baptist Sangamaya”
shall be deemed, from and after the date of commencement of this Act, to be and to have been made, issued or executed by or in favour of the “Sri Lanka Baptist Church”.
All suits, actions, appeals and other legal proceedings instituted by or against the “Sri Lanka Baptist Sangamaya”
and pending on the day immediately prior to the date of the commencement of this Act, shall not abate or be discontinued, and may be continued or enforced by or against the
“Sri Lanka Baptist Church”.
All the rights, liabilities, and obligations of the
“Sri Lanka Baptist Sangamaya” other than the rights, liabilities and obligations referred to in subsection (1) on the day immediately prior to the date of commencement of this Act, shall be deemed to be the rights, liabilities and obligations of the “Sri Lanka Baptist Church”.
s 4Avoidance of doubts
For the purpose of avoidance of doubt it is hereby declared that the “Sri Lanka Baptist Church” shall for all purposes be deemed to be the successor to the “Sri Lanka
Baptist Sangamaya” incorporated by section 2 of the principal enactment.
s 5Sinhala text to prevail in case of inconsistency
In the event of any inconsistency between the Sinhala and Tamil texts of this Act, the Sinhala text shall prevail.