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| (1) Where on the termination of the membership of any person in a Janawasa no nominee is registered as a member under section 20 (1) (a) every person in occupation or in possession of any land in the Janawasa leased by it to the past member shall, within a period of one month reckoned from the date of such termination, vacate such land. |
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| (2) Where any person fails to comply with the provisions of subsection (1), the Janawasa shall on application made in that behalf, with the approval of the Janawasa Commission, to the Magistrate's Court having jurisdiction over the area where the land is situated, be entitled to an ex parte order of the court directing the Fiscal to eject all persons in occupation or possession of such land. |
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| (3) Where an order under subsection (1) is issued to the Fiscal by the Magistrate's Court, he shall forthwith execute the order and shall in writing report to the court the manner in which that order was executed. |
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| (4) For the purpose of executing the order issued by the Magistrate's Court under subsection (1) the Fiscal or any person acting under his direction may use such force as may be necessary to enter the land to which the order relates and to eject any person or persons, in occupation or possession therefrom. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts