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| (1) It shall be the duty of every Pradeshiya Sabha within three years of the coming into force of these provisions or within such further period as may in the special circumstances of any case be allowed by the Minister
| | (a) to demarcate by permanent marks the limits of the roads and paths maintained by the Pradeshiya Sabha and cause to be prepared plans of all such roads and paths; and | | |
| | (b) to cause notices to be published in the prescribed manner setting out a list of such roads and paths. | | |
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| (2) Upon the publication of such notices any party claiming to be the owner of land from which such road or path has been demarcated shall within the time prescribed by such notice institute action in the appropriate court for establishing his title to such land. |
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| (3) After the expiration of a period of three months and before the expiration of a period of six months from the date on which the notice under subsection (1) is published in the Gazette, the Pradeshiya Sabha shall cause to be published a notice in the prescribed manner setting out a list of all such roads and paths as set out in the notice published under subsection (1)
| | (a) excluding those roads and paths or portions of roads and paths in respect of which no finial determination had been made in any action instituted as required by subsection (2) ; and | | |
| | (b) with the necessary alterations made in the demarcation of the limits of such roads and paths and in such plans in respect of which a final determination had been made in any action instituted as required by subsection (2). | | |
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| (4) Where a final determination has been made on any action instituted as required by subsection (2) after the publication of the notice under subsection (3), the pradeshiya Sabha shall cause a notice, to be published in the prescribed manner, setting out a supplementary list of such roads and paths or portions of roads and paths. Before the publication of this notice the necessary alterations shall be made in the demarcation of the limits of the roads and paths and in the plans on the basis of the final determination made in respect of any action instituted as required by subsection (2). |
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| (5) Upon the publication of such notice under subsection (3) or (4), all such roads and paths or portions of such roads and paths as defined in such notices and depicted by such plans shall be deemed to be vested in the Pradeshiya Sabha. |
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| (6) Whenever any road or path or any portion of any road or path vested in a Pradeshiya Sabha ceases to be used as a road or path the Pradeshiya Sabha shall publish an amendment to the notice under subsection (3) or (4). |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts