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| (1) The Board in laying out any pipes or sewers may carry them through, across, or under any street or any place laid out or intended for a street, or any cellar or vault which is under any of the streets and (after reasonable notice in writing in that behalf) into, through, or under any enclosed or other land whatsoever, doing as little damage as may be and making full compensation for any damage done. If any dispute arises as to the amount or apportionment of such compensation, such amount or apportionment shall be summarily ascertained and determined on application made by the Board by the District Court or Magistrate's Court within whose jurisdiction such pipes or sewers are situated, and according as such amount or apportionment exceeds or does not exceed one thousand five hundred rupees. The decision of the District Court or Magistrate's Court shall be subject to an appeal to the Supreme Court. |
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| (2) Every such appeal shall be presented within the time and in the manner and subject to the rules and practice provided for and observed in appeals from orders of District Courts or Magistrates' Courts in their ordinary jurisdiction. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts