5.The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 6 of the principal enactment and shall have effect as section 6A of that enactment :
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| | (1) Any person who is a citizen of Sri Lanka by virtue of the provisions of section 5.may if he so desires, apply to the Controller of Immigration and Emigration for a Certificate of citizenship. The application shall be substantially in the Form set out in Schedule A hereto. | | |
| | (2) The Controller shall upon being satisfied of the status of the applicant, issue to the applicant, within sixty days of the receipt of the application, a Certificate, substantially in the Form set out in Schedule B hereto. | | |
| | (3)Where such Certificate is to be issued in relation to a minor child, the application for the same may be made on behalf of such minor child, by either parent. | | |
| | (4)No person shall require the production of a Certificate referred to in subsection (2) for any purpose and an affidavit shall be accepted as prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein. | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts