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| (1) The Pradeshiya Sabha shall maintain and from time to time repair and as it sees fit, enlarge, alter, arch over or otherwise improve all or any of the public drains, culverts, gutters, and watercourses and may discontinue, close up, or destroy such of them as it may deem useless or unnecessary, but so that no nuisance is created by such act. |
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| (2) Where, by reason of the discontinuance, closing up, destruction or alteration of any drain, culvert, gutter or watercourse, any person is deprived of the lawful use thereof, the Pradeshiya Sabha shall with due diligence provide an effective substitute therefor. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts