8. Saving of the rights of the Republic and others

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

Nothing in this Act contained shall prejudice or af-fect the rights of the Republic, or of any body politic or corpo-rate, or of any other persons, except such as are mentioned in this Act and others claiming by, from, or under, them

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