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| (1) Any person authorized in that behalf by the chairman of the Ceylon Transport Board may take possession of any property vested in or requisitioned for the board. |
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| (2) Any officer of the Ceylon Transport Board authorized in that behalf by the chairman of the board shall, by notice given to the person in possession of any property vested in or requisitioned for the board-
| | (a) inform such person that such authorized officer intends to take possession of such property for and on behalf of the board on such date and at such time and place as shall be specified in the notice, and | | |
| | (b) require such person or his authorized agent to be present on the date and at the time and place so specified, and to allow and assist such authorized officer to take possession of such property for and on behalf of the board. | | |
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| (2A) Where the person in possession of any property vested in or requisitioned for the Ceylon Transport Board is a company or other body of persons, then, for the purpose of subsection (2), the directors, the manager and the secretary of such company or other body of persons shall each be deemed to be a person in possession of that property. |
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| (3) Any notice required to be given to any person under the preceding provisions of this section shall be deemed to be given to him if such notice is sent to him by registered letter through the post. |
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| (4) Any person who contravenes any requirement of any notice given to him under this section shall be guilty of an Offence and shall, on conviction after summary trial before a Magistrate, be liable to imprisonment of either description for a period not exceeding one year or to a fine not exceeding one thousand rupees or to both such imprisonment and fine. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts