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| (1) Where under any scheme of partition prepared by a surveyor, payment has to be made to or by any party to a partition action in respect of compensation for improvements to the land or of owelty, the amount of such payment shall, in the first instance, be assessed by the surveyor and shall be finally determined by the court. |
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| (2) The amount determined by the court, under sub-section (1) of this section or under subsection (4) of section 26, as compensation for improvements or as owelty shall from the date on which final decree is entered, be a charge on the portion of the land or the extent of land finally allotted to the party made liable for the payment of such compensation or owelty, as the case may be. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts