2. Where any land (other than land of a foreign-owned petroleum company) has been vested in or requisitioned for the Corporation, the Chairman of the Board of Directors shall, by notice published in the Gazette and in such other manner as may be determined by him, direct every person (other than a foreign-owned petroleum company) who was interested in such land immediately before the date on which such land was so vested or requisitioned to make, within a period of one month reckoned from the date specified in the notice, a written claim to the whole or any part of the compensation payable in respect of such land, and to specify in the claim-
| (a) his name and address; |
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| (b) the nature of Ms interest in such land; |
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| (c) the particulars of his claim; and |
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| (d) how much of such compensation is claimed by him: |
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Provided that where any claim for compensation in respect of such land has been made on any day preceding the date of commencement of this Act, such claim shall be deemed to have been made in pursuance ; of the preceding provisions of this section and no fresh claim shall be required to be made. |
Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts