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| (1) Where any village area or any part of a village area is, by any Order under section 6 (1), included in such part of an area of authority as forms an undeveloped area, that village area or that part of a village area is hereby excluded from the operation of the Village Councils Ordinance with effect from the date on which that Order comes into force, and the Village Council for any village area which is so excluded from the operation of that Ordinance is hereby dissolved with effect from the aforesaid date, notwithstanding anything in any other written law. |
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| (2) All the property, rights, debts, liabilities and obligations of every Village Council dissolved by subsection (1) are hereby transferred to and vested in the Board with effect from the date of dissolution of that Village Council, and any such property which is immovable property of the Crown vested in that Village Council subject to any conditions shall be held by the Board subject to those conditions. |
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| (3) Every by-law which has been or is deemed to have been made by any Village Council dissolved by subsection (1) and which is in force at the date of dissolution of that Village Council shall continue in force as though it were a by-law made by the Board under section 20 (3) (b) and may be amended or rescinded by by-law made by the Board under that section. |
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| (4) Where only a part of a village area is, by virtue of subsection (1), excluded from the operation of the Village Councils Ordinance with effect from any date, every by-law which has been or is deemed to have been made by the Village Council for that village area and which is in force at that date shall continue in force in that part as though it were a by-law made by the Board under section 20 (3) (b) and may be amended or rescinded by by-law made by the Board under that section. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts