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31. Amendment of section 55 of the principal enactment

නිල ඉංග්‍රීසි පරිවර්තනය. සිංහල පාඨය බලපවත්වයි. නිල Sinhala පාඨය විවෘත කරන්න, documents.gov.lk හි නිල PDF

Section 55 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows:-

(1)

by the omission of the definition of expression

“Government Agent”.

(2)

by the insertion of the following definition of expression immediately after the definition of expression “ Appropriate Tribunal”:-

‘ “Additional Commissioner-General” means a person appointed to be, or to act as the

Additional Commissioner-General for the

Registration of Persons, for the purposes of this Act;’;

(3)

by the insertion immediately after definition of expression “Assistant Commissioner” the following new definition:-

‘ “Biometrics” includes the finger impression of a person;’;

Act, No. 8 of 2016

(4)

by the repeal of the definition of expression,

“Commissioner” and the substitution thereof of the following definitions of expression:-

‘ “Commissioner” means a person appointed to be, or to act as a Commissioner for the

Registration of Persons for the purposes of this Act;

“Commissioner-General” means a person appointed to be, or to act as the

Commissioner-General for the Registration of Persons, for the purposes of this Act;’;

(5)

by the insertion of the following definition of expression immediately after the definition of expression “ District”:-

‘ “District Secretary” means the District Secretary referred to in the Transfer of Powers

(Divisional Secretaries) Act, No.58 of 1992;

“Divisional Secretary” has the same meaning assigned to it under the Transfer of Powers

(Divisional Secretaries) Act, No.58 of 1992;’;

(6)

by the insertion of the following definition of expression immediately after the definition of expression “registered or registration”:-

‘ “Writing” includes writing in manual or electronic form.’.