Buddhist Temporalities (Amendment) Act 1981

This Act may be cited as the Buddhist Temporalities

(Amendment) Act, No. 42 of 1981, and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may appoint by Order published in the Gazette.

The Buddhist Temniporalities Ordinance (hereinafter referred to as the “principal enactment”) is hereby amended by the substitution—

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for the expression “Public Trustee”, wherever that expression occurs in the principal enactment, other than in sections 2, 9, 15(4), 46 and 48, of the expres-sion “Commissioner of Buddhist Affairs”; and

for the expression “ Registrar-General”, wherever that expression occurs in the principal enactment,

Section 2 of the principal enactment is hereby amend-ed as follows :—

by the insertion, immediately after the definition of

by the omission of the definition of “ Registrar-General ”.

Section 15 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the repeal of subsection (4) of that section and the substitution therefor of the following subsection :—

Proceedings may be taken under this section in respect of every alleged misfeasance, breach of trust or neglect of duty by any trustee or Viharadhipathi whether committed before or after the commencement of this Ordinance and in respect of such proceedings, the Commissioner of Buddhist Affairs shall have all the 1—6 5548911450 (8] /03)

All rights, liabilities and obligations.

Any act or proceeding commenced under the princi-pal enactment by the Public Trustee or the Registrar-General and not completed before the commencement of this Act may be continued and completed by the Canynis-sioner of Buddhist Affairs.