Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts Sri Lanka Consolidated ActsPayment into court of the amount of any compensation awarded under this Act where person entitled thereto declines to receive it, or is dead or cannot be found
| 11. Where any person to whom any compensation under this Act is awarded declines to receive it when it is tendered to him, or where such person is dead or cannot be found after diligent search, the amount of such compensation shall be paid into the District Court or the Court of Requests having jurisdiction over the place where the land In respect of which such compensation is awarded is situated, according as the amount of such compensation exceeds or does not exceed seven hundred and fifty rupees, to be drawn by the person or persons entitled thereto. Notice of the payment of any sum as provided in this section shall be published In. the Gazette and in at least one Sinhala daily newspaper, one Tamil daily newspaper and one English daily newspaper circulating in Ceylon. |