Powers of Attorney (Amendment) Act 2024

This Act may be cited as the Powers of Attorney

(Amendment) Act, No. 3 of 2024.

Section 2 of the Powers of Attorney Ordinance

(Chapter 122) (hereinafter referred to as the “principal enactment”) is hereby amended in paragraph (b) of the definition of the expression “power of attorney” thereof, by the substitution for the words “executed before two witnesses and an Ambassador” of the words “executed before an Ambassador”.

Section 3D of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the substitution for the words “shall not execute” of the words “shall not execute”.

Section 4 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the repeal of paragraph (b) of subsection (1)

thereof, and the substitution therefor of the following paragraph:-

“(b) execute a document –

if it is executed in Sri Lanka before two witnesses and attested by a notary public; or

if it is executed outside Sri Lanka before an

The Schedule II of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and following Schedule is substituted therefor:-

(sections 3(3) and 5)

SCHEDULE II

1. Serial No.

2. Date of Registration

3. Description of the power of attorney

4. Name and address of the grantor

5. Name and address of the attorney

6. Date of power of attorney

7. By whom the power of attorney is produced for the registration

8. Volume and Folio where the true copy of the power of attorney is filed

9. Date and number of the document of revocation or cancellation

10. By whom the document of revocation or cancellation given

11. Date of registration of the document of revocation or cancellation

12. Volume and Folio where the document of revocation or cancellation is registered

Powers of Attorney (Amendment)

Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of subsection (1) and subsection (2), of section 8 of the Powers of Attorney (Amendment) Act, No. 28 of 2022, every power of attorney executed prior to October 25, 2022 and which has not been registered on or prior to the date of commencement of this Act shall be deemed to be valid for a period of two years from October 25, 2022, and be submitted for registration to the Registrar General within such period of two years.

Every power of attorney referred to in subsection (1)

In the event of any inconsistency between the Sinhala and Tamil texts of this Act, the Sinhala text shall prevail.

Powers of Attorney (Amendment)