Agrarian Development Act 2000 · As enacted · Part I · Rights of Persons Who Cultivate Paddy Lands
8. Procedure for eviction
Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.
Official translationFrom Department of Government Printing, unchanged
Where any person who has been ordered under this Act, by the Commissioner-General to vacate any extent of agricultural land, fails to comply with such order, the
Commissioner-General or any other person authorised in that behalf by the Commissioner-General may present to the
Magistrate’s Court within whose local jurisdiction such extent wholly or mainly lies, a written report—
setting out the nature of such order and the person to whom it was issued, describing the extent of land to which such order relates ;
stating that the person who has been ordered to vacate has failed to so vacate such extent of land ; and
praying for an order to evict such person and all other persons in occupation of such extent of land from such extent, and stating the name of the person to whom delivery of possession of such extent should be made.
Where a written report is presented to a Magistrate’s
Court under subsection (1), such court shall direct the Fiscal or peace officer to forthwith evict the person specified in such report and all other persons in occupation of the extent of agricultural land specified in the order and to deliver possession of such extent to the person mentioned in such report as the person to whom delivery of possession of such extent should be made.
The Fiscal or peace officer entrusted with the execution of the order of eviction shall comply with the directions of the Magistrate’s Court by which such order was made and shall make a due return setting out the manner in which he executed such order.
In executing an order of eviction the Fiscal or the peace officer or any person authorised by either of them may use such force as may be necessary to enter the extent of agricultural land to which the order relates and evict any person bound by the order and to deliver possession of such extent in accordance with the direction of the Magistrate's
Court which issued the order.
Any person who unlawfully dispossesses any person who has been placed in possession of an extent of agricultural land by the Fiscal under subsection (3), shall be guilty of an offence under this Act. A certificate by the Commissioner-General that any person has been so dispossessed shall be evidence of that fact.
Upon conviction for an offence under subsection (5)
the Magistrate shall direct the Fiscal to place the person who has been unlawfully dispossessed from such extent, in possession of such extent by evicting any person in occupation of such extent.
Part II
Utilising Agricultural Lands in Accordance with Agricultural Policies
Part III
Part IV
Establishment of Agrarian Tribunals
Part V
Institutional Structure of Farmers’ Organisations
Part VI
Agrarian Development Councils
Part VII
Irrigation Work and the Management of Irrigation Water
Part VIII