Sri Lanka Securities and Exchange Commission sets affidavit and attestation requirements for Shariah scholar fitness and propriety submissions

The Sri Lanka Securities and Exchange Commission published a specimen affidavit for assessing the fitness and propriety of a Shariah Scholar, alongside instructions on how applicants must complete, stamp, attest and submit the document. Applicants must use the prescribed template, provide identity and address details based on their Sri Lankan National Identity Card or passport, and sign in the presence of an authorised person, with an LKR 50 stamp affixed and signed across (including across all stamps if multiple are used). Affidavits executed in Sri Lanka must be attested before a Commissioner for Oaths or a Justice of the Peace with an official seal, while affidavits executed abroad must be attested via a Sri Lankan Embassy or alternatively attested locally and submitted for verification by the relevant authority or High Commission. Submissions must include a clear copy of the applicant’s identity document signed by the applicant and certified as a true excerpt by the authorised person, and the affidavit requires declarations on qualifications and the absence of specified criminal, regulatory, disciplinary, insolvency and other disqualifying matters, including certain Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka Act-related outcomes within the preceding three years.