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AN ACT TO AMEND THE AGRARIAN SERVICES ACT, NO. 58 OF 1979
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BE it enacted by the Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka as follows:
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[8th September
, 1993 ]
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Short title.
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1. This Act may be cited as the Agrarian Services (Amendment) Act, No. 40 of 1993.
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Amendment of section 27 of Act No. 58 of 1979
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2. Section 27 of the Agrarian Services Act, No. 58 of 1979 (hereinafter referred to as the ” principal enactment “) is hereby amended by the repeal of paragraph (c) of subsection (3) of that section.
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Amendment section 29 of the principal enactment.
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3. Section 29 of the principal enactment, as amended by the Agrarian Services (Amendment) Act, No. 9 of 1990, is hereby further amended by the repeal of subsection (1) of that section and the substitution therefor, of the following subsection : ”
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(1) Where under the provisions of this Part, default is made, or deemed to be made, by an owner cultivator or occupier of agricultural land in respect of the whole of the unpaid portion of any loan granted by a prescribed bank and the interest due on such loan, such bank may notify the Magistrate’s Court that such owner cultivator or occupier is in default of the sum of money specified in such notice.”.
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Sinhala text to prevail in case of inconsistency.
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4. In the event of any inconsistency between the Sinhala and Tamil texts of this Act, the Sinhala text shall prevail.
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