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| (1) The plaintiff in a partition action shall file or cause to be filed in court with the plaint-
| | (a) where the land to which the action relates is situated in one registration district, an application for registration of the action as a lis pendens addressed to the Registrar of Lands of that district, or | | |
| | (b) where the land is situated in two or more registration districts, a separate application for registration of the action as a lis pendens addressed to the Registrar of Lands of each of those districts. | | |
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| (2) The application or each of the applications referred to in subsection (1) of this section shall be in duplicate and substantially in the form prescribed by the Registration of Documents Ordinance and shall contain a blank space for the insertion of the number to be assigned to the action by the court. |
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| (3) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Registration of Documents Ordinance or in any regulation made thereunder, no fee shall be a charged for the registration of a partition action as a lis pendens under that Ordinance. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts