9. Amendment of section 26 ef the principa! enactment,
ප්රතිචාර සහ සහායනිල ඉංග්රීසි පරිවර්තනය. එය සිංහල හෝ දෙමළ පාඨයට වඩා වෙනස් නම් බලපවත්වන පාඨය කුමක්දැයි පනතේම සඳහන් වේ.
Section 26 of the principal enactment, as amended by
Act No. 37 of 1979, is hereby further amended as follows :—
by the repeal of subsection (1) thereof and the substitution therefor of the following subsection : —
‘ (1) There shall be for every judicial district an officer who shall be called the
“Family
Counsellor
”.’
;
by the repeal of subsection (5) thereof
;
by the re-numbering of subsections (2), (3) and (4)
thereof as subsections (3), (4) and (5) of that section ; and tiv) by the insertion immediately after subsection (1)
thereof, of the following subsection :—
“ (2) Where a dispute in any action in respect o:
any matter within the jurisdiction of a Family
Court, or any application for maintenance, comes up for inquiry or trial before a District Judge and
Judge of the Family Court or Magistrate, as the case may be, such District Judge and Judge of the Family Ceurt or Magistrate shall, unless any party to the action expresses in writing a desire to the contrary, refer such dispute to a Family
Counsellor, who—
shall make every effort to induce the parties to settle such dispute
; and
shall submit his report thereon to the District
Judge and Judge of the Family Court or
Magistrate, as the case may be, within such time as may be specified by such Distric:
Judge and Judge of the Family Court or
Magistrate ”.