2. The Development Councils Act, No. 35 of 1980, (herein-referred to as the " principal enactment") is hereby amended in section 17A thereof (inserted by Act No. 45 of 1981), as follows:
| (1) by the insertion, immediately after subsection (3) of that section, of the following new subsections :
| | " (3A) Every Gramodaya Mandalaya shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal and shall have power to enter into contracts and may sue and be sued by the name and designation of the Gramodaya Mandalaya of the area for which it is; established. | | |
| | (3B) The common seal of the Gramodaya Mandalaya
| | | (a) shall be in the custody of the Secretary of the Gramodaya Mandalaya; and |
| (b) shall not be affixed to any contract or other instrument except with the sanction of the Gramodaya Mandalaya and in the presence of the Chairman and the Secretary of the Gramodaya Mandalaya who shall sign their names to such contract or other instrument in token of their presence. |
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| | (3c) Every Gramodaya Mandalaya shall, within the area for which such Gramodaya Mandalaya is established, exercise, discharge or perform any power, function or duty, conferred or imposed on, or assigned to, such Gramodaya Mandalaya by or under this Act or any other written law, and shall execute any work delegated to such Gramodaya Mandalaya by a Development Council, the Executive Committee of a Development Council or a District Secretary under this Act." ; and | | |
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| (2) by the insertion, immediately after subsection (5) of that section, of the following new subsections :
| | " (5A) Every Pradeshiya Mandalaya shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal and shall have power to enter into contracts and may sue and be sued be the name and designation of the Pradeshiya Mandalaya of the area for which it is established. | | |
| | (5B) The common seal of the Pradeshiya Mandalaya
| | | (a) shall be in the custody of the Secretary of the Pradeshiya Mandalaya; and |
| (b) shall not be affixed to any contract or other instrument except with the sanction of the Pradeshiya Mandalaya and in the presence of the Chairman and the Secretary of the Pradeshiya Mandalaya who shall sign their names to such contract or other instrument in token of their presence. |
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| | (5c) Every Pradeshiya Mandalaya shall, within the area for which such Pradeshiya Mandalaya is established, exercise, discharge or perform any power, function or duty, conferred or imposed on, or assigned to, such Pradeshiya Mandalaya by or under this Act or any other written law and shall execute any work delegated to such Pradeshiya Mandalaya by a Development Council, the Executive Committee of a Development Council or a District Secretary under this Act. ". | | |
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