Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts Sri Lanka Consolidated ActsRepresentation of deceased party or co-owner
| 81. Where a party to a partition action or art; other person entitled, or claiming or alleged to be entitled, to any right, share, or interest to of or in the land, dies after institution of that action, the court may, on the ex parte application of any other party appoint a person to represent the estate of the deceased for the purposes of the action if the court is satisfied, after such inquiry as the court deems fit, that such appointment is necessary or desirable for the purpose of enabling the court to proceed with the action with a view to its speedy determination; and any decree entered, order made, partition or sale effected, or thing done in the action shall, if the person so appointed is a party to the action, be for all purposes as valid and effectual as if the person lawfully entitled to the right, share or interest of the deceased were a party to the action. |