2. Amendment of section 15 of Law…

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

Section 15 of the Partition Law, No. 21 of 1977

(hereinafter referred to as the “principal enactment”) is hereby amended as follows: -

(1)

by the repeal of subsections (2) and (3) thereof, and the substitution therefor of the following subsections:-

“(2) Every Grama Niladhari to whom a copy of such notice and a copy of a translation thereof are sent by registered post under subsection (1) of this section shall cause the contents of the notice, including the Schedule of the land or lands, as the case may be, to be exhibited in a banner displayed, in the manner as may be prescribed by regulations, in a conspicuous place in his office or close to his office for a period of not less than thirty days, and shall forward to the court a report to that effect substantially in the form set out in the Second

Schedule.

(3)

The Grama Niladhari shall also cause the contents of the notice sent to him under subsection (1) of this section, including the Schedule of the land or lands, as the case may be-

(a)

to be exhibited in a banner, in a conspicuous position in the land or lands, as the case may be, in the manners as may be prescribed by regulations; and

(b)

to be orally proclaimed by way of public announcement made using a loudspeaker at such land or each of such lands and at any public place close to such land or each of such lands, as the case may be, and shall forward to the court a report to that effect substantially in the form set out in the Second

Schedule.”; and

(2)

by the addition, at the end of that section of the following new subsection:-

“(4) The cost of the publication done under subsections (2) and (3) of this section shall be borne by the plaintiff in the first instance and shall be recoverable “pro rata”. The Grama Niladhari shall forward an affidavit to the court affirming the execution of the publications referred to in subsections (2) and (3) of this section along with the reports referred to in subsections (2) and (3) of this section within two months from the date of receipt of such notice.”.

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