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Part IV · Procedure After Granting Leave to Appear and Show Cause

21. Discharge of a decree nisi or dismissal of an action not to bar any subsequent action

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

The discharge of a decree nisi or dismissal of an action under the provisions of this Act shall not operate as a bar for any other action instituted for the recovery of possession of the premises by the lessor or any other person entitled to the possession of such premises, on any appropriate cause of action under an applicable procedure in the Civil Procedure

Code or any other law.

Part V

Procedure After Making the Decree Nisi Absolute

Part VI

Appeals

Part VII

Miscellaneous Provisions

Part VIII

General Provisions

Schedules