Registration of Deaths (Temporary Provisions) Act 2010 · இயற்றப்பட்டவாறு · Part II · Registration of Deaths of Persons Missing Due to Natural Disasters or Calamities
9. Registrar-General to declare "National Disaster Areas"
அதிகாரப்பூர்வ மொழிபெயர்ப்புDepartment of Government Printing-இலிருந்து, மாற்றமின்றி
Where there has been within Sri Lanka a natural disaster or calamity which has caused to either the whole of
Sri Lanka or to certain areas thereof, destruction to persons and property which has had far reaching effects at the national level, and where due to the circumstance of the deaths of persons who have died as a result of such disaster or calamity, the application of the provisions of the Births and Deaths Registration Act to the registration of the deaths of such persons has become impractical, the Registrar-General may, upon verification of the fact that a natural disaster or calamity has occurred, declare any Administrative
District, Divisional Secretary’s Division or Grama Niladhari
Division as the case may be, affected by such disaster or calamity, as a "National Disaster Area".