39. The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 136A of the principal enactment and shall have effect as section 136B of that enactment:
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| | (1) Where in any Municipal Council area any tree or any branch, trunk, fruit or other part of a tree is causing or is likely to cause damage to any building, or is in a condition dangerous to the occupants of any building, or to the safety of passers by along any public thoroughfare, the Mayor may, by a notice in writing served on the owner or occupier of the land on which such tree stands require such owner or occupier to tie up and make secure, or to cut down and remove such tree or the branch, trunk, fruit or other part of such tree within such time as may be specified in the notice. | | |
| | (2) Every person on whom a notice is served under subsection (1), shall comply with the requirements of such notice within the time specified therein, and in the event of the refusal or neglect of such persons to comply with such requirements within such time, the Mayor or any officer or workman authorized in writing in that behalf by the Mayor, may enter upon the land referred to in such notice and do what such person was required to do by such notice, and the expenses thereby incurred may be recovered from such person as a debt due to the Council.". | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts