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Civil Procedure Code (Amendment)


Published: 2000-07-21

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Civil Procedure Code (Amendment)
Civil Procedure Code (Amendment)
AN ACT TO AMEND THE CIVIL PROCEDURE CODE

BE it enacted by the Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka as follows :"

[21st July , 2000 ]
Short title.

1. This Act may be cited as the Civil Procedure Code (Amendment) Act, No. 34 of 2000.

Amendment of section 544 of Chapter 101.

2. Section 544 of the Civil Procedure Code is amended in subsection (1) of that section as follows :"

(1) by the repeal of paragraph (a) of that subsection, and the substitution of the following paragraph therefor :"

"(a) moneys in any account, other than a current account, in any licensed Commercial Bank or licensed Specialized Bank, within the meaning of the Banking Act, No. 30 of 1988;"; and

(2) by the repeal of paragraph (e) of that subsection, and the substitution of the following paragraph therefor :"

"(e) any other movable property in any vault, in any licensed Commercial Bank or licensed Specialized Bank, within the meaning of the Banking Act, No. 30 of 1988.".

Sinhala text to prevail in case of any inconsistency.

3. In the event of any inconsistency between the Sinhala and Tamil texts of this Act, the Sinhala text shall prevail.