Powers Of Attorney (Amendment) Act

• Coming into Force: 23 January 2024
• Year: 2024
• Act Number: 3
• Citation: No. 3 of 2024

AN ACT TO AMEND THE POWERS OF ATTORNEY ORDINANCE (CHAPTER 122) BE it enacted by the Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka as follows:-

Short title1. This Act may be cited as the Powers of Attorney (Amendment) Act, No. 3 of 2024

Amendment of section 2 of Chapter 1222. 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”

Amendment of section 3D of the principal enactment3. Section 3D of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the substitution for the words “shall not execute” of the words “shall not execute”.

Amendment of section 4 of...