40. It shall be lawful for the proper officer of the Pradeshiya Sabha of any area when tracing, measuring, making, working, opening, altering, turning, repairing, clearing, or improving any existing or intended thoroughfare within that area or building, excavating, repairing, clearing, or improving any bridge, fence; drain, dam, or ditch there upon, or in any way connected therewith
| (a) to make and erect temporary buildings and any land adjacent or near thereto for the accommodation of the servants, workmen, labourers, animals, carriages, or things employed by him during the progress of the work; and |
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| (b) to keep all such animals as may be employed by him duly tethered and stabled upon any land near or adjacent thereto, and to continue so to keep the animals on such lands for such time as may be necessary: |
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Provided that no such building shall be erected, nor any such animal kept on any land which is under cultivation or is situated in any area where there are neighbouring waste lands or common or abandoned grounds available for the purpose: Provided, further, that reasonable compensation for any damage done to the land shall in all cases be made to the owner thereof. |
Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts