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5. Amendment to section 7 of the principal enactment

Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.

Section 7 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows:–

(1)

by the renumbering of that section as subsection (1) thereof; and

(2)

by the addition, immediately after the renumbered subsection (1) thereof, the following new subsection:–

“(2) Upon the demise of a testator in a joint last will, testamentary proceedings shall be instituted under Chapter XXXVIII or Chapter XXXVIIIB of the Civil Procedure Code (Chapter 101), as the case may be, to obtain the probate or letters of administration with the will annexed proving the will.”.

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