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| (1) Where in any village area any tree or any branch, fruit, or other part of a tree is causing or is likely to cause damage to any building, or is in a condition dangerous to the occupants of any building, or to the safety of passers-by along any public thoroughfare, the Chairman of the Village Council of such area may, by a notice in writing served on the owner or occupier of the land on which such tree stands, require such owner or occupier to tie up and make secure, or to cut down and remove, such tree or the branch, fruit, or other part of such tree within such time as may be specified in the notice. |
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| (2) Every person on whom a notice from the Chairman of a Village Council is served under subsection (1) shall comply with the requirements of such notice within the time specified therein, and in the event of the refusal or neglect of such person to comply with such requirements within such time, such Chairman, or any officer or workman authorized in writing by such Chairman, may enter upon the land referred to in such notice and do what such person was required to do by such notice, and the expenses thereby incurred may be recovered from such person as a debt due to such Village Council. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts