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| (1) Where the court decides that the land shall be sold in lots, the court shall, at the time of pronouncing judgment or on a later date notified by the court, order the issue of a commission for the division of the land into lots to a person to be named in the order and in open court fix the returnable date of the commission. |
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| (2) The court shall at the time of pronouncing judgment or on a later date notified by the court, order the issue of a commission for sale, or for partition, or for both sale and partition, or of two separate commissions for sale and for partition as the case may require, to a person to be named in the order and shall in open court fix the returnable date of the commission: |
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| (3) Where the court decides that the land or any portion thereof shall be partitioned, the commission, under subsection (2) of this section shall be issued to the surveyor who made the preliminary survey unless the court directs that such commission, shall be issued to some other surveyor. |
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| (4) The court may from time to time extend the returnable date referred to in subsection (1) or sub- section (2) of this section. |
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| (5) The court may revoke a commission issued under this section and order the issue of a fresh commission. |
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