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| Sunday, 19 June 2005 |
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Tsunami Act to give death certificates Justice and Judicial Reforms Ministry has taken necessary steps to issue death certificates for the persons who are missing consequent to the tsunami disaster. Going beyond the Evidence Ordinance for missing persons, the tsunami (Special Provisions) Act has reduced the period of one year which 'had not heard about' from a missing person to six months. According to the Tsunami Act, an application for a death certificate should be forwarded by his/her closest living relative or anyone who has knowledge of death to the relevant Grama Niladari of the area. Being a resident of tsunami-affected district or have been in such a district when the disaster took place or is known to have been travelling through such a district are major criteria to issue a certificate. The applications for death certificates only be made after June 26 and the applicants have to prove that they heard nothing about him for last six months. A Grama Niladari who received such applications has to call for objections for a time of two weeks, later should be forwarded to the relevant Divisional Secretary with a report from the Officer-In-Charge (OIC) of the relevant Police Station.Forwarding the documents to the Registrar General (Deaths) is done by the relevant Divisional Secretaries after they were satisfied with the application procedure and the accuracy of the facts. Ministry sources also revealed that making false statements in applications furnishing false information and fraudulently using such certificates are punishable and the offenses convicted by the High Court with imprisonment of not less than three years. They further added that the Tsunami Act also provides chances to rectify records if a person was later found to be alive when issuing a death certificate.
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