10. Insertion of new section 18A in the pal enactment
ප්රතිචාර සහ සහායනිල ඉංග්රීසි පරිවර්තනය. එය සිංහල හෝ දෙමළ පාඨයට වඩා වෙනස් නම් බලපවත්වන පාඨය කුමක්දැයි පනතේම සඳහන් වේ.
The folowing new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 18, and shall have effect as section 18a, of the principal enactment : —
“ Demolition 18a.
The Commissioner cf National of
Dui.
A over fifty &
Housing may—
years old.
upon application made in that behalf by the owner of any building used for residential purposes and cons-tructed at least fifty years prior to the date of the application
;
after affording the occupants of such building an opportunity of being heard, make order authorizing such owner to demolish such building, if the Commissioner is satisfied that the re-development of the land on which such building stands is necessary for the more efficient utilization of such land.
Where the Commissioner of National
Housing makes an order under subsection (1) authorizing the owner of a building to demolish such building, the Commissioner shall—
specify in such order, the number of residential units that shall be cons-tructed by such owner within such period or periods as may be deter-mined by the Commissioner on the land on which the demolished build-ing stood; and
(i) provide alternate accommoda-tion for the tenant, if any, of such building; or
order the owner of such building to pay to the tenant thereof, such compensation as the Com-missioner determines to be rea-sonable, for loss of possession by such tenant; so however cid ———
~
Rent (Amendment) Act, No. 55 of 1980
g that the amount ordered to be so paid shall in no case be less than three times the authorized rent per annum of the building.
An order made under subsection (1)
shau be deemed to have been duly com-municated to every occupier of the building in respect of which such order is made, if it is posted by the Commissioner of National
Housing on some conspicuous part of such building.
Every occupier of any building in respect of which an order is made under subsection (1) shall vacate such building not later than ninety days after the provi-sions of subsection (2) (b) (i) or (2) (b)
(ii} are complied with.
Where the occupier of any building in respect of which an order is made under subsection (1) fails to comply with the pro-visions of subsection (4) the owner of such building may, notwithstanding anything in this Act, apply to the District Court of the district in which such building is situated, praying for the recovery of possession of such building and for the ejectment there-for, of such occupier.
The provisions of subsections (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8) and (9) of section 23 shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to the hearing and disposal of every such application.
A decision of the Commissioner of
National Housing under paragraph (b) of subsection (2) shall not be called in question or examined by the court in any proceedings under this section.
Where the owner of a building fails to construct the number of residential units within such period or periods as determined by the Commissioner of National Housing under subsection (2), the relevant area of land shall be acquired by the Government under Part VIII of the National Housing
Act.”.
a --<r em! we