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| (1) Subject to the powers and responsibilities by law committed to any other authority, the Pradeshiya Sabha shall be the general administrative authority for the purpose of all thoroughfares and communications, other than principal thoroughfares, within its administrative limits, with all such powers as are vested in it under this Act, the Housing and Town Improvement Ordinance, and any other enactment from time to time enacted in that behalf. |
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| (2) Subject to such directions as may be given by the Minister from time to time by Order published in the Gazette, the Pradeshiya Sabha shall be the administrative authority for the purposes of the protection of any principal thoroughfare that may be situated within its area, and shall be entitled for such purpose to exercise or perform in relation to any such principal thoroughfare, any of the powers or duties conferred or imposed by sections 43 to 67 (both inclusive) relating to buildings along thoroughfares, obstructions to thoroughfares, encroachments on thoroughfares, injuries to thoroughfares and nuisances on thoroughfares. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts