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| (1) After determining the value of the land or, where the land is to be sold in lots, the value of each of the lots, and the value of the improvements, the court shall prescribe the conditions of sale and issue such orders as the court may consider necessary for the conduct of the sale, including orders as to the manner in which and the number of days before which notice of the sale or adjourned sale of the land shall be given and published by the person responsible for the sale. |
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| (2) The court may on application made in that behalf by a co-owner who desires to purchase the land or a lot, specify the terms as to credit to be allowed to him at the sale, having regard to the amounts, if any, payable by him by way of pro rata costs, compensation for improvements owelty, mortgage debts or otherwise. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts