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| (1) Where no claim to the compensation payable in respect of any property is received in response to the notice under section 52 from any person other than the person from whom that property was acquired or requisitioned for the Corporation, the Chairman of the Board of Directors shall cause such compensation, less any sum required by or under this Act to be deducted therefrom, to be paid to the person from whom that property was so acquired or requisitioned. |
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| (2) Where any claim to compensation payable in respect of any such property is received in response to the notice under section 52 from any person other than the person from whom that property was acquired or requisitioned for the Corporation, then, if every such claimant and the person from whom that property was so acquired or requisitioned amicably agree in writing as to the persons entitled to the compensation and the apportionment of the compensation among them, the Chairman of the Board of Directors shall cause the compensation, less any sum required by or under this Act to be deducted therefrom, to be apportioned and paid to such persons according to such agreement. If there is no such agreement, the Chairman of the Board of Directors shall cause the compensation, less any sums required by or under this Act to be deducted therefrom, to be paid to any District Court or Court of Requests according as the amount to be so paid exceeds or does not exceed seven hundred and fifty rupees to be drawn by the persons entitled thereto. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts