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| (1) Where any claimant is dissatisfied with the decision of the Board on any reference of a claim for an award as to title in respect of any nindagama land, he may, within the prescribed period after the date of service on him of a notice of such decision, prefer an appeal against such decision to the District Court having jurisdiction over the place where such land is situated. |
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| (2) Regulations may be made under this Act providing the form, mode and manner in which any appeal under sub-section (1) shall be preferred, the persons who shall be made parties to such appeal, and the procedure to be followed by a District Court in entertaining, hearing and disposing of, such appeal. |
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| (3) No stamp duty shall be required in any proceedings before a District Court relating to an appeal under sub-section (1). |
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| (4) A District Court may award to any party to any appeal under sub-section (1) an amount determined by that Court as his costs of proceedings relating to the appeal. |
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| (5) The determination of a District Court on any appeal under sub-section (1) shall be final and conclusive. |
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