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| (1) Where any person is reported missing and he has
not been heard of for a period exceeding one year by those
who would naturally have heard of him had he been alive
and his disappearance is attributable to any terrorist or
subversive activity or civil commotion which has been taking
place within Sri Lanka, a next of kin of such person if he
verily believes such person to be dead, may apply in the
manner hereinafter provided, to register the death of such
person under the Births and Deaths Registration Act (Chapter
110) and to have issued to him, a Certificate of Death in
respect of such person. |
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| (2) Every application under this section shall be substantially in the Form specified in the Schedule to this Act and shall be forwarded to the Registrar-General or the District Registrar of Births and Deaths of the district in which such missing person was last residing. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts