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| (1) The occupier of any house to which this Act applies and his dependants shall not be entitled to occupy such house after the date of the lawful termination of his occupation thereof; and accordingly the occupier shall on that date vacate the house, deliver possession thereof to the local authority within the administrative limits of which such house is situated, and together with his dependants, if any, depart from the land on which the house is situated. |
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| (2) In any case where the occupier of any house to which this Act applies fails to comply with the provisions of subsection (1), the provisions of Part V of the National Housing Act relating to the recovery of possession of houses shall mutatis mutandis apply in relation to such house, subject to the following modifications, namely, that the expression " landlord " in that Part shall have the meaning "local authority within the administrative limits of which the house is situated ", and the expression " house to which this Part applies " in that Part shall have the meaning " house to which this Act applies". |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts