5. Section 12 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the repeal of subsection (1) of that section, and the substitution therefor, of the following new subsection:"
| "(1) A private individual or the Chief Executive Officer of any institution in possession of any manuscript or document, over fifty years old, being a manuscript or document, of historical, cultural, literary, economic, or scientific value or which is otherwise of national importance shall notify the Director of the existence of such document or manuscript, and in the event of a change of ownership or possession of such document or manuscript shall notify the Director, within a period of three months of such change of ownership or possession, the name and address of the new owner or possessor thereof. ". |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts