11. Section 18 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the repeal of sub-sections (1) and (2) of that section and the substitution therefor of the following new sub-sections : -
| " (1) At any meeting of the allottees and the tenant cultivators, and where there are no allottees or tenant cultivators of any lands the proprietors of those lands, held under the provisions of this Ordinance or any rule or regulation made thereunder, any person entitled to be present at such meeting may, by proxy in writing, authorize any other person to represent him and to vote on his behalf, and the person who is so represented at any such meeting shall be deemed to be present thereat for the purpose of determining whether the meeting is validly constituted or whether any rule or resolution has been duly passed by a majority. |
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| (2) Every proxy given for the purposes of subsection (1) shall be signed by the person giving it, the signature being attested by two witnesses.". |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts