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| (1) After the expiry of the period fixed for the filing of statements of claim, and after the return of the surveyor to the commission for preliminary survey has been received, the court shall appoint a date for the case to be called in open court in order-to fix the date of trial of the action and shall give notice in writing of such date by registered post to all parties who have furnished a registered address and tendered the costs of such notice as provided by subsection (3) of section 19. |
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| (2) On the day appointed under subsection (1) of this section, or where it appears to the court that the case is nut ready for trial, on any later date to which the matter shall on that date have been postponed, the court shall fix the date of trial of every partition action in open court. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts