8. Where the plaint in a partition action is accepted, the court shall forthwith-
| (a) cause to be inserted in each copy of the application for the registration of the action as a lis pendens, a reference to the number assigned by the court to the action, and transmit the application in duplicate to the Registrar of Lands of each land registry in which the action is to be registered as a lis pendens and fix a date for the return of the lis pendens after registration; and |
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| (b) fix a date on or before which the plaintiff shall deposit in court such estimated costs of the preliminary survey of the land to which the action relates as may be determined by the court. |
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In estimating the costs of such preliminary survey, the court shall have regard to the rates set out in the First Schedule to this Law. |
Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts