16. Section 26 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows:-
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"(1) Where any sum is due from the tenant cultivator of any extent of paddy land to his landlord as rent in arrears or interest on such rent or both, the landlord may make a written application for an order under this section, and the Commissioner shall cause an inquiry into such application to be held by an Inquiry Officer and if the Inquiry Officer holds that any such sum is due from the tenant cultivator to the landlord, the Commissioner shall make order for the payment of such sum in paddy or cash or both paddy and cash in such manner and within such period as may be specified in the order.''; and | | |
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| (b) by the substitution for the words "If such tenant cultivator fails to pay such sum within the time allowed by the order under'' in subsection (2) of that section of the words "If such tenant cultivator tails to comply wilt the order referred to in.", |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts