64. Section 516 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following new section substituted therefor:-
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| | (1) When any person shall die leaving a will in Sri Lanka, the person in whose keeping or custody it shall have been deposited, or who shall find such will after the testator's death, shall produce the same to the District Court of the district in which such depository or finder resides, or to the District Court of the district in which the testator shall have died, as soon as reasonably may be after the testator's death. And he shall also make oath or affirmation, or produce an affidavit (form No. 81, First Schedule) verifying the time and place of death, and stating (if such is the fact) that the testator has left property within the jurisdiction of that or any other, and in that event what, court, and the nature and value of such property; or, if such is the fact, that such testator has left no property in Sri Lanka. | | |
| | (2) In this section, "Probate Officer " means the Registrar of the District Court and includes any other officer generally or specially authorized by the court to exercise powers and perform the duties of a Probate Officer in testamentary proceedings.'. | | |
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