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| (1) The Chairman of the Board of Directors or such other officer as may be authorized by him in that behalf shall, as soon as possible after the receipt of a claim for compensation made or deemed to have been made by any person under section 2, determine such claim, and accordingly the Compensation Tribunal established or constituted under the provisions of the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation Act shall be deemed, at all times, not to have had, and not to have, any power or authority or jurisdiction to hear or determine such claim. |
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| (2) Where there Is any dispute as to the persons entitled to compensation In respect of any land vested in or requisitioned for the Corporation, the Chairman of the Board of Directors or such other officer as may be authorized by him in that behalf shall defer making any determination as to the compensation payable In respect of such land and shall refer the dispute for decision to the District Court within whose jurisdic- tion such land is situate at the time It was so vested or requisitioned, and shall, after such court makes its decision on such dispute, make an award of compensation in accordance with such decision. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts