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Part VI · Recovery of Possession of Flats, Living Actommodation or Any Other Building Belonging to the Alltiiority by the Director General

52. Application to the Court for recovery of possession and service of Order 11isi

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

(1)

In any case where the occupier of any building to which this Part applies fails to comply with the provisions of subsection (l) of section 51 it shall be lawful for the landlord to file in the Magistrate"s Court having jurisdiction over the area in which the building is situated an application praying for the recovery of possession of the building and for the ejectment from the land and premises on which the building is situated. of the occupier his dependents and every other person occupying such land or premises or any portion thereof, and every such application shall be supported by an affidavit setting forth the time and manner of the termination of the occupation of the occupier.

(2)

On receipt of an application under subsection (1) the

Curt shall cause to be served on the occupier a copy of the application and affidavit and an Order 11isi requiring him-

(a)

to appear on a date specified in such Order being a date not later than two calendar months after the date of service of the Order ; and

(b)

to show cause as to why he should not deliver possession of the building as required by section 51 and leave the land or premises on which it is situated, together with his dependents and every other person occupying such land or premises or any portion thereof.

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(3)

An Order nisi under subsection (2) shall be deemed to have been served on the occupier if it is delivered to him by the Fiscal or by any person authorized by the Fiscal or where it cannot be so delivered, if it is pasted by the Fiscal or person authorized as aforesaid on some conspicuous part of the building to which the Order relates.

Read on from s 53