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| (1) Each person specified in column III of the Second Schedule to this Act, being a person who, on the day immediately preceding that on which this Act comes into operation, had a right or title to, or an interest in, the land described in the First Schedule to this Act, shall be paid the sum specified in the corresponding entry in column IV of the said Second Schedule as compensation for compulsorily acquiring such right, title or interest for Her Majesty: |
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| (2) Where the sum payable to any person under subsection (1) has been paid to him before the date on which this Act comes into operation, such payment shall be deemed to be a payment under this Act and shall be a valid discharge of the liability to pay such sum to him. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts