29 The following provisions in a hire-purchase agreement shall be void, that is to say, any provision
| (a)where by an owner or a person acting on his behalf is authorized to enter upon the premises where the hirer resides for the purpose of taking possession .of goods which have been let under a hire-purchase agreement or is relieved from liability for any such entry ; or |
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| (b) whereby the right conferred on a hirer by this Act to determine the hire-purchase agreement is excluded or restricted, or any liability in addition to the liability imposed by this Act is imposed on a hirer by reason of the termination of the hire-purchase agreement by him under this Act; or |
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| (c) whereby a hirer, after the determination of the hire-purchase agreement in any manner whatsoever, is subject to a liability which exceeds the liability to which he would have been subject if the agreement had been determined by him under this Act; or |
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| (d) whereby any person acting on behalf of an owner or seller in connection with the formation or conclusion of a hire-purchase agreement is treated as, or deemed to be, the agent of the hirer or buyer ; or |
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| (e) whereby an owner or seller is relieved from liability for the acts or defaults of any person acting on his behalf in connection with the formation or conclusion of a hire-purchase agreement; or |
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| (f) whereby the hirer or buyer is required to avail himself of "the services, as insurer or a repairer or in other capacity whatsoever, of a person other than a person selected by mutual agreement between the owner and the hirer or buyer. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts