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| (1) Whenever it appears to the Chairman of any Pradeshiya Sabha that an examination or a survey of any private land, building, or premises is necessary for any public purpose in the area for which the Pradeshiya Sabha is constituted, it hall be lawful for the Chairman to direct any officer or servant of the Pradeshiya Sabha to make such examination or survey, and it shall thereupon ,be lawful for such officer or servant and his workmen to enter such land, building or premises and to do thereon all of the following acts:
| | (a) to make a survey and to take levels; | | |
| | (b) to dig or bore into the sub-soil; | | |
| | (c) to do other acts to ascertain whether the land, building, or premises is or are adaptable to such public purpose; | | |
| | (d) to set out the boundaries of any land which is to be acquired, or street lines, or the lines of any work proposed to be carried out; | | |
| | (e) to make such levels, boundaries, or lines, by placing permanent marks on existing buildings, trees, posts, walls, fences or other fixed objects, or by fixing new marks, or by cutting trenches as the case may require ; | | |
| | (f) and where otherwise a survey cannot be complete or levels taken, or the boundaries and the line marked, to cut down, and clear away any obstructions interferon with the execution of such work. | | |
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| (2) Where any damage is caused to any land or to anything thereon by the performance of any of the acts referred to in subsection (1), fun compensation shall be paid by the Pradeshiya Sabha to the owner or other person entitled thereto. |
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| (3) No person shall enter any building or any enclosure attached to a dwelling house for the purposes of subsection (1) except with the written consent of the occupant thereof, or it such consent is withheld with the written sanction of the Chairman of the Pradeshiya Sabha. |
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| (4) Every mark fixed on any land under this section shall be deemed to Le the property of the Pradeshiya Sabha. |
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