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| (1) Where any death has been registered pursuant to
an application made under section 2 or section 10 of this
Act, and where any person at any time thereafter becomes
aware that the person whose death has been so registered is
alive, such person shall forthwith furnish such information
to the Registrar-General.
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| (2) The Registrar-General shall, on receipt of such
information convey the information to the Officer-in-Charge
of the relevant police station, who shall investigate the truth
of such information and make a report to the Registrar-
General, within four weeks of the date on which such
information is conveyed to such officer.
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| (3) Upon receipt of a report under subsection (2) and after
such inquiry as he may deem necessary the Registrar-General,
if satisfied that the person whose death has been registered is
alive, shall take such action, or make such order or give such
direction, under section 52 of the Births and Deaths
Registration Act, (Chapter 110), as is appropriate in the
circumstances of the case.
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| (4) Any inquiry held by the Registrar-General under this
Act shall be concluded within one month of its
commencement and the Registrar-General may, for the
purposes of an inquiry under this Act, exercise all the powers
exercisable by him under the Births and Deaths Registration
Act (Chapter 110), in relation to an inquiry held by him
under that Act.
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts