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Part II · Pleadings and Summons

11. Answer and requisites of answer

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

(1)

If the defendant does not admit the plaintiff’s claim, he shall, himself, or his registered attorney on his behalf, deliver to the Small Claims Court a duly stamped written answer signed by the defendant or his attorney-at-law setting out his defence and any claim in reconvention which may have against the plaintiff.

(2)

The answer shall contain the particulars required to be stated under the provisions of section 75 of the Civil

Procedure Code and the provisions of sections 76 to 78 of the Civil Procedure Code shall apply to such answer which shall be in the Form No. 3 set out in the Schedule hereto.

(3)

The answer shall be filed within one month from the date of the appearance made by the defendant either in person or by an attorney-at-law and no further time shall be granted by the Small Claims Court to the filing of answer, unless in appropriate circumstances, the Small Claims Court may grant time to file answer in the Registry with notice to the plaintiff or each of the plaintiffs.

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