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| (1) Every person who prevents or obstructs any person from or in taking possession, under section 23, of any property for and on behalf of the Ceylon Transport Board 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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| (2) Where an officer authorized by the chairman of the Ceylon Transport Board under section 23 to take possession of any property for and on behalf of the board is unable or apprehends that he will be unable to take possession of such property because of any obstruction or resistance that has been or is likely to be offered, he shall, on his making an application in that behalf to the Magistrate's Court having jurisdiction over the place where that property is kept or situated, be entitled to an order of the court directing the Fiscal to deliver possession of that property to him for and on behalf of the board. |
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| (3) Where an order under subsection (2) is issued to the Fiscal by a Magistrate's Court, he shall forthwith execute that order and shall in writing report to the court the manner in which that order was executed. |
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| (4) For the purpose of executing an order issued by a Magistrate's Court under subsection (2), the Fiscal or any person acting under his direction may use such force as may be necessary to enter any place where any movable property to which that order relates is kept and seize such movable property, or to enter any land, building or other structure to which that order relates and to eject any person in occupation thereof, and to deliver possession of such movable property, land, building or other structure to the person who is authorized to take possession thereof for and on behalf of the Ceylon Transport Board. |
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