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| (1) The tenant of any premises may pay the rent of the premises to the authorized person instead of the landlord. |
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| (2) Where any payment of any rent of any premises is made on any day in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (1), it shall be deemed to be a payment received on that day by the landlord of the premises from the tenant thereof. |
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| (3) Where the rent of any premises is paid to the authorized person, the authorized person shall issue to the tenant of the premises a receipt in acknowledgment of such payment, and shall transmit the amount of such payment to the landlord of the premises. It shall be the duty of such landlord to issue to the authorized person a receipt in acknowledgment of the amount so transmitted to him. |
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| (4) In this section, " authorized person ", with reference to any premises, means the Mayor, or Chairman of the local authority within whose administrative limits the premises are situated or the person authorized in writing by such Mayor or Chairman to receive rents paid under this section, or where the Minister so determines, the board of the area within which the premises are situated. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts