26.
| (1) 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 Commissioner for an order, and the Commissioner shall upon such application, make an aide rafter due inquiry for the payment of whatever sum is due from such tenant cultivator. |
|
| (2) If such tenant cultivator fails to pay such sum within the time allowed by the order under subsection (1), such sum may be recovered upon application being made by the landlord to the Magistrate's Court having jurisdiction over the place where the land in respect of which the rent is due is situated in like manner as a fine imposed by such court notwithstanding that such sum may exceed the amount of the fine which that court may in the exercise of its ordinary jurisdiction impose, and any sum so recovered shall be paid by such court to the applicant landlord. |
|
| (3) For the purposes of subsection (2) a certificate by the Commissioner that such sum is due to the landlord shall be conclusive proof that such sum is due. |
|
|
Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts