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| (1) Every partition action shall be instituted by presenting a written plaint to the District Court, within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the land which is the subject-matter of the action is situated in whole or in part. |
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| (2) Where it is alleged to be uncertain within the local limits of the jurisdiction of which of two or more courts any land is situated, any one of those courts may, if satisfied that there is ground for the alleged uncertainty, record a statement to that effect and thereupon proceed to entertain and dispose of any partition action relating to the land; and such action so entertained and disposed of shall for all purposes be deemed to be and to have been duly instituted in a court of competent jurisdiction. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts