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| (1) When any person shall die leaving a will in Sri Lanka, it shall be the duty of the person in whose keeping or custody such will shall have been deposited, or who shall find such will after the testator's death, to forward the same to the Public Trustee. |
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| (2) The original or a copy of the will may be so forwarded, and shall be accompanied by a declaration in the prescribed form stating the date and place of the death and the nature and value of the property of the testator. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts