13. Section 7 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following new section substituted therefore:-
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| | (1) where the responsibility for the maintenance of a road is imposed under this Act on the owner or owners of an estate, the Secretary to the Ministry in charge of the subject of Highways shall cause a written notice to be sent by registered post to the person in charge of that estate directing him to carry out, within the time specified in the notice, such work connected with the maintenance of that road as is so specified, and shall cause a copy of the notice to be sent by registered post to the owner or each owner of that estate if he is a resident of Sri Lanka and his address is known. | | |
| | (2) Where the person in charge of an estate complies with a notice sent to him under subsection (1), the Secretary to the Ministry in charge of the subject of Highways shall, if the owner or each owner of that estate is a resident of Sri Lanka whose address is known lender to such owner or each such owner the amount to which he is entitled out of the Government's contribution under this Act to the cost of maintenance of the road to which that notice relates, and shall pay the tendered amount to the person to whom it is tendered if he consents to receive it. | | |
| | (3) Where the person in charge of an estate fails to comply with a notice sent to him under subsection (1) the Secretary to the Ministry in charge of the subject of Highways shall cause the work specified in the notice to be carried out by the Department of the Director of Works of the region and the expenses incurred by the Department of such Director of Works in earning- out that work less the amount of the Government's contribution under this Act to such expenses shall, upon demand made-in writing by the 'Secretary to the Ministry in charge of the subject of Highways, be paid to such Secretary by the owner or owners of that estate within the time allowed by such Director. | | |
| | (4) Where any sum payable to the Secret an to the Ministry in charge of the subject of Highways under subsection (3) by the owner or owners of an estate is not paid within the time allowed by such Secretary, then such Secretary or any person authorized by him in writing in that behalf may seize and sell the produce of, and any movable property belonging to that estate, and such Secretary shall cause the aforesaid sum and the expenses incurred in connection with the seizure and sale to be deducted from the proceeds of the sale and the balance of such proceeds to be returned to such owner or owners.". | | |
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