13. The principal enactment is hereby amended by insertion immediately after section 24, of the following new section :-
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| | (1) Where any animal is seized and detained under section 14 or section 15, the Government Agent of the administrative district in which such animal is detained shall by notice in writing, require the owner or person in charge of the animal to pay any sum due from him as damage or expenses under that section to such Government Agent within such period as may be specified in such notice. | | |
| | (2) Any sum paid to a Government Agent under subsection (1) shall
| | | (a) in any case where such sum has been paid on account of damages to a private land, be transmitted by him to the owner or occupier of such private land; or |
| (b) in any case where such sum has been paid on account of a trespass to any land other than a private land, be credited by him to the Consolidated Fund.". |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts