Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts Sri Lanka Consolidated Actswho may apply for death certificates
| 2. Where any person is reported missing and presumed to be dead as 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, 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 persons under the Births and Deaths Registration Act (Chapter 110) and to have issued to him, a Certificate of Death in respect of such person. |