7. Section 31 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the addition at the end of that subsection, of the following new subsections :
| " (5) Where the Director is unable, or apprehends that he will be unable, to proceed with the taking down and removal of any structure, house, hut, shed or other building . as hereinbefore provided, because of any obstruction or resistance which has been, or is likely to be offered, the Director shall on making an application in that behalf to the Magistrate's Court having jurisdiction over the place where the structure, house, hut, shed or other building is situated be entitled to an order of that court directing the Fiscal to take down and remove such, structure, house, hut, shed or other building as the case may be. |
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| (6) Where an order under subsection (1) is issued to the Fiscal by a Magistrate's Court, he shall forthwith execute such order and shall in writing report to such court the manner in which such order was executed. ". |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts