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4. Plaintiff to apply for registration of the action as a lis pendens in courts

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

(1)

The plaintiff in an action instituted under the provisions of this Act shall file or cause to be filed in court with the plaint, an application for registration of lis pendens—

(a)

addressed to the Registrar of Lands of the district in which the deed which is sought to be revoked is registered; or

(b)

where the deed sought to be revoked is not registered, addressed to the Registrar of Lands of the district in which the land referred to in such deed is situated.

(2)

The application referred to in subsection (1), shall be in triplicate and marked “original”, “1st copy” and “2nd copy” and shall be substantially in the form set out in the

Registration of Documents Ordinance (Chapter 117) and shall contain a blank space for the insertion of the number to be assigned to the action by the court.

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