80. Section 165 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows: -
| (a) by the renumbering of that section as sub-section (1) of that section; and |
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| (b) by the addition at the end of that section of the following new sub-section:-
| | " (2) Notwithstanding anything in any other law-
| | | (a) the Crown shall be entitled to institute action against any person, in whose favour an action against the Crown for vindication of title to any land referred to in sub-section (1) has been decided, for the value of any improvements effected on that land by the Crown or any person to whom such land has been alienated under this Ordinance; and |
| (b) no action shall be maintainable in any court of law against the Crown for damages arising from the occupation of such land by any person to whom such land has been so alienated.". |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts