නිල පරිවර්තනයවෙනස් නොකළ පාඨය, Department of Government Printing වෙතින්
Section 2 of the Prevention of Frauds Ordinance
(Chapter 70) (hereinafter referred to as the “principal enactment”) is hereby amended by the repeal of all the words from “shall be of force” to the end of that section and the substitution therefore of the following:-
“shall be in force or avail in law unless –
(a)
the relevant deed or instrument shall be in writing, signed by every executant and attested by a notary public before two witnesses present at the same time; and
(b)
the left or right thumb impression of every such executant or where both thumbs of such executant are missing, the impression of any other finger or the toe impression as the case may be, is affixed above or besides the signature to the original, duplicate and the protocol of the relevant deed or instrument:
Act, No. 30 of 2022
Provided however, in the event the signature or the thumb impression of any such executant cannot be obtained due to any reason, the notary public shall state such reason in the attestation, and such executant shall affix any other finger impression or toe impression, as the case may be.”;