8. Section 28A of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follow:-
| (1) by the repeal of subsection 3 thereof and the substitution therefor of the following subsection : -
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| | | (a) Where any person has failed to comply with any requirement contained in any written notice issued under subsection (1) within the time specified in the notice or within such extended time as may have been granted by the Authority, the Authority may, by way of petition and affidavit, apply to the Magistrate to make an Order authorizing the Authority to-
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| (b) If such person undertakes to discontinue the use of the land or building or to demolish or alter the building or work, or to do such other acts as are referred to in paragraph (a) of subsection 3 of section 28A, the Magistrate may, if he thinks fit, postpone the operation of the Order for such time not exceeding two months as he thinks sufficient for the purpose of giving such person an opportunity of complying with such requirement.'"; |
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| (2) by the addition at the end of that section of the following new subsection :
| | "(6) The preceding provisions of this section shall not affect any liability incurred by such person by reason of his failure to comply with such notice.". | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts