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| (1) Whenever a Magistrate, on information furnished by any police officer or otherwise, has reason to believe that the existence of a dispute affecting any land situated within his jurisdiction is likely to cause a breach of the peace, he may issue a notice-
| | (a) fixing a date for the holding of an inquiry into the dispute; and | | |
| | (b) requiring every person concerned in the dispute to attend at such inquiry and to furnish to the court, on or before the date so fixed, a written statement setting out his claim in respect of actual possession of the land or the part in dispute and in respect of any right which is the subject of the dispute. | | |
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| (2) A copy of the notice shall, in the manner provided for the service of summons, be served upon such person or persons as the Magistrate may direct, and at least one copy of such notice shall be affixed in some conspicuous place at or near the land which is the subject of the dispute. Where a copy of the notice has been so affixed, an inquiry may be held and an order made notwithstanding that the notice may not have been served on any party concerned in such dispute. |
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| (3) Every inquiry shall be held in a summary manner on the date fixed or on such other date or dates to which the inquiry may be adjourned by the Magistrate, Pending the conclusion of such inquiry the Magistrate may make an interim order containing any provision which he is empowered to make in an order at the conclusion of the inquiry. |
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| (4) In this section " dispute affecting land " includes any dispute as to the right to the possession or to the boundaries of any land or part of a land, or as to the right to cultivate any land or part of a land, or as to the right to the crops or produce of any land or part of a land, or as to any right in the nature of a servitude affecting the land. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts