4. Repeal of section 38 of the principal enactment

Section 38 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed.

3.

Amendment 41, 49, 68, 72, 105 and 172 of the Principal enactment

Sections 41, 49, 68, 72, 105 and 172 of the principal enactment. are hereby amended by the substitution, for the expression “paying an annual sum by virtue of the provisions of subsection (3) of section 19a”, of the expression “paying an annual instalment by virtue of the provisions of section 19°.

Amendment of section 43 of the principal enactment.

"6. Section 43 of the principal enactment is hereby amend-ed by the substitution, for paragraph (b) of that section, of the following paragraph :—

“(b) shall not mortgage such holding to any person other than the State Mortgage and Investment

Bank, the People’s Bank, the Bank of Ceylon, the

Development Finance Corporation of-Ceylon, the

National Development Bank of Sri Lanka, the

National Housing Development Authority, the

Commissioner for National Housing, any registered society or other prescribed institution.”.