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| (1) Where within the limits of any . Pradeshiya Sabha any private tank or low marshy ground or any waste stagnant water, situated on any private land, appears to the Pradeshiya Sabha to be injurious to health or to be offensive to the neighbourhood, the Pradeshiya Sabha shall, by notice in wringing, require the owner of that land to cleanse, or, fill, up such tank or marshy ground or to drain off or remove such waste or stagnant water. |
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| (2) If any owner on whom a notice under subsection (1) is served refuses or neglects to comply with the notice within such period as may be specified therein, the Chairman, or the officers and workmen of the Pradeshiya Sabha may enter into the land and do an necessary acts for all of any of the purposes referred to in subsection (1), and the expenses incurred thereby shall be paid by the owner of the land, and, in cased default, shall be recoverable as hereinafter provided. |
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| (3) Where the land referred to in subsection (2) is owned by more than one person, the expenses referred to in that subsection shall be apportioned, among, and recoverable from. the several owners in such proportions as may be determined by the Pradeshiya Sabha having regard to the interests of such person in such land. |
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