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Part IX · Compensation and Interim Awards

71. Failure to repay the interim award

Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.

(1)

Where a person fails, on an order made by the

Authority, to repay any sum of money received as interim award under section 70, the Magistrate’s Court having jurisdiction shall-

(a)

on application made to such Court by the Authority;

and

(b)

upon a certificate issued to the Magistrate under the hand of the Chairman of the Authority that such sum of money has not been repaid, recover such sum of money as a fine imposed by the Court.

(2)

A certificate issued under paragraph (b) of subsection (1) shall be prima facie evidence of the fact of such non-payment.

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Part XI

Finance

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Part XII

General

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