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| (1) Where, on the death of a tenant cultivator of any extent of paddy land, there is a dispute as to the person on whom the rights of such tenant cultivator under this Act devolves, such dispute shall be referred by the parties to such dispute for determination to the Commissioner within whose jurisdiction the extent of land in respect of which such dispute has arisen is wholly or mainly situated. The determination of the Commissioner on such dispute shall be communicated to the parties to such dispute. |
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| (2) Where the parties to such dispute are aggrieved by the determination made under subsection (1) such parties may, within thirty days of the communication of such determination to them, appeal to the Court of Appeal against that determination on a question of law. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts