12. Section 13 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following section is substituted therefor:-
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| | (1) Subject to order of court where a decree nisi entered in an action instituted under this Act is made absolute, it shall be deemed to be a writ of execution duly issued to the Fiscal in terms of section 225(3) of the Civil Procedure Code (Chapter 101),and not withstanding anything to the contrary in any other written law, the execution of the same shall not be stayed. | | |
| | (2) The writ of execution referred to in subsection (1) shall be valid for a period of three years from the date on which the decree nisi was made absolute, and it shall be the duty of the Fiscal to execute the same in the manner prescribed in the Civil Procedure Code (Chapter 101) for the execution of writs.". | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts