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In Sinhala ...
The Division also assists in organizing the payment of compensation, “blood money”, and social insurance due to be paid by the employers to Sri Lankan workers abroad for loss of employment, death, and partial or complete liability. Such payments are usually made to the legal heirs through the Public Trustee.
Guide Lines for the payments of compensation of Sri Lankans who died in abroad.
The Consular division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs assists to dispatch the personal belongings and to obtain salary arrears, gratuity , blood money and compensation money for deceased who died while working in the abroad.
1. A legal heir make an appeal for compensation
2. The appeal must be forwarded to the related Embassy of Sri Lanka in abroad and the embassy should take appropriate action to collect compensation form the sponsor concerned.
3. Matters pertaining to obtain the compensation to be directed to the courts concern in case of accident, murder, deaths occurred while on working.
4. The power attorney should be forwarded to the Ambassador - Consul General along with the legal heir certificate issued by the relevant district court to obtain compensation.
5. When the sponsor deposit money such as salary arrears, donations, final settlements, legal dues etc. the Mission should credit the same to the general deposit account maintain by the division. Later the particulars of such deposits to be intimated to the Chief Accountant -Consular division.
6. When the court decided about the amount of the compensation to be paid to the deceased the Mission should take appropriate action to release this money from the courts under intimation to the Consular division.
7. The money credited to the general deposit account should be released by the Chief Accountant under intimation to the consular division for distribution among the NOKK.
8. The cheques drawn favour of the Public Trustee by the Missions concerned to be directed to the Public Trustee under intimation to the NOK for necessary action.
9. Finally appropriate action could be taken by the Public Trustee to distribute the compensation money received by him among the legal heirs after obtaining the legal heir certificate.
Specimens of required documents are given below;
documents in PDF version
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
I/We the undersigned being the (Father/Mother/Brother/Sister/Children/Spouse) of the late Mr./Mrs./Miss…………………………………………………………. who died in (Name of country) ………………… on ………………. do hereby appoint Ambassador/High Commissioner/Consul General of Sri Lanka in (Name of country)………………………..…as my/our attorney to act on my/our behalf and receive entitlement or part of entitlements and compensation due on the death of Mr./Mrs./Miss. ………………………………………..
I/We do hereby grant my/our said attorney full power and authority to file a case, negotiate on my/our behalf and to appoint one or more substitute or substitutes to receive entitlement/s, and compensation in full or part of these dues on the death of Mr./Mrs./Miss …………………………………………………..
AFFIRMANTS
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WITNESSES
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GUARDIANSHIP CERTIFICATE
I, …………………………………………………. Judge/Justice of Peace/Attorney at Law of ……………………………………………………….. do hereby certify that Mr./Mrs./Miss.……………………………………legal wife/father/mother/son/daughter of late Mr./Mrs./Miss …………………………………………… of Sri Lanka, requests the Courts to appoint Mr./Mrs./Miss …………………………………….. as the guardian of his/her following children:-
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I hereby appoint him/her as the sole Guardian of the above minor children to claim and obtain all dues, compensation and blood money due to the children. But he/she is not empowered to dispose or sell the properties belonging to his/her children unless a valid court order is obtained.
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Witnesses:-
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LEGAL HEIR CERTIFICATE
I / We the undersigned (Spouse/Father/Mother/Brothers/Sisters/Children) of the late ……………………………………………….. being (………………) by religion do solemnly and sincerely affirm and declare as follows:
That I/We the affirmant/s undersigned,
That I am /We are/ the (Parents/Spouse/Brothers/Sisters/Children) of the Late Mr./Mrs./Miss. ……………………………………………….. who died in ………………………… on ……………………….
That I am/We are/ the only legal heir of the aforesaid deceased and That I am/We are/legally entitled to any money due to the aforesaid deceased Mr./Mrs./Miss …………………………….. as gratuities, donation, allowances, compensation, insurance or any other manner.
The foregoing instrument having been read over and explained by me to the affirmant/s who declared to have understood same and signed at ……………………………..on this day ………………… of ………………………..
AFFIRMANT
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| JUSTICE OF THE PEACE |
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