Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts Sri Lanka Consolidated ActsRecovery of rent and interest in arrear
| 28. Where any sum is due from the tenant cultivator of any extent of paddy land to his landlord as rent in arrear or interest on such rent or both, the landlord may, apply to the Tribunal for an order, and the Tribunal shall, upon such application, make an order after due inquiry for the payment of whatever sum is due from such tenant cultivator. If such tenant cultivator fails to pay such sum within the time allowed by the order, such sum may be recovered in like manner as if the order were a decree entered by a civil court in favour of the person entitled to such sum. against such tenant cultivator and accordingly the provisions of the Civil Procedure Code shall apply to the execution of such decree. |