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| (1) When any person who has defaulted in the payment of a loan given to him by an Agrarian Development Council or by a Farmers Organisation, such Council or organisation may by a written notice by registered post require such person to repay such loan within the period mentioned in such notice. |
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| (2) When the Commissioner-General is informed in writing that a person to whom a written notice has been sent under subsection (1 ). has failed to pay the sum of money-specified in such notice within the period specified therein. the Commissioner-General shall cause the Agrarian Tribunal to hold an Inquiry in respect of that matter. |
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| (3) Where the Agrarian Tribunal determines that any person has defaulted in the payment of a loan given to him by the Agrarian Development Council or a Farmers' Organisation, it shall by written notice require such person to pay the sum in default within a specified period of time. |
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| (4) Where a person fails to pay a sum of money he is required to pay by a notice under subsection (3) within the period specified in such notice, an application shall be made by the Agrarian Development Council or the Farmers' Organisation to the Magistrate's Court within whose jurisdiction such person resides or the land in respect of which the loan has been given is situated and such sum of money shall be recovered in the same manner as a fine imposed by such Court |
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| (5) A certificate under the hand of the Agrarian Tribunal to the effect the sum of money stated therein is due from the person specified therein as repayment of a loans shall be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts