2. Section 65 of the Irrigation Ordinance (hereinafter referred to as the " principal enactment") is hereby repealed and the following section substituted therefor:
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| | (1) Where any person obstructs or encroaches upon any ela, channel, watercourse or tank, or causes damage to any ela, channel, watercourse or tank or any irrigation structure connected to such ela, channel, watercourse or tank, it shall be lawful for the Government Agent, by notice in writing served on such person, to require him within such time as may be specified in the notice to remove or abate such obstruction or encroachment or to repair such damage. | | |
| | (2) If any person served with a notice under subsection (1) refuses or neglects to comply with the requirements of such notice within the specified time, or if there is any doubt as to who is the proper person to be served with such notice, it shall be lawful for the Government Agent to cause such obstruction or encroachment to be forthwith removed or abated or such damage to be repaired ; and for that purpose it shall be lawful for the Government Agent to enter any land or premises, with such workmen, instruments and things as may be necessary, and to proceed to do therein, or cause to be done, all such things as may be necessary for such removal or abatement or repair. ". | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts