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AN ACT TO AMEND THE PARTITION LAW, NO. 21 OF 1977.
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BE it enacted by the Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka as follows :
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[11th February
, 1981 ]
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Shorttitle
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1. This Act may be cited as the Partition (Amendment) Act, No. 5 of 1981,
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Amendment of section 8 of Law No. 21 of 1977.
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2. Section 8 of the Partition Law, No. 21 of 1977 (hereinafter referred to as the “principal enactment”) is hereby amended by the substitution, for the words ” In estimating the costs of such preliminary survey the court shall have regard to the rates set out in the First Schedule to this Law.”, of the words “In estimating the costs of such preliminary survey the court shall have reference to such rates as may be prescribed by regulations.”.
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Amendment of section 10 of the principal enactment.
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3. Section 10 of the principal enactment is hereby amended in subsection (1) of that section, by the substitution, for the words ” in accordance with the rates set out in the First Schedule to this Law”, of the words ” in accordance with the rates prescribed under section 8. “.
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Amendment of section 29 of the principal enactment.
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4. Section 29 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows :
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(a) in paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of that section, by the substitution, for the words ” according to the rates set out in the Third Schedule to this Law “, of the words ” according to such rates as may be prescribed by regulations ” ;
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(b) in subsection (5) of that section, by the substitution, for the words ” in accordance with the rates set out in the Third Schedule to this Law “, of the words ” in accordance with the rates prescribed under paragraph (a) of subsection (1).”.
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insertion of new section 82A in the principal enactment
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5. The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 82, and shall have effect as section 82A, of the principal enactment:
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“Regulations.
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82A.
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(1) The Minister may make regulations In respect of any matter which is required or authorized by this Act to be prescribed.
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(2) Every regulation made by the Minister shall be published in the Gazette and shall come into operation on the date of such publication or on such later date as may be specified in the regulation
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(3) Every regulation made by the Minister shall, as soon as convenient after its publication in the Gazette, be brought before Parliament for approval. Any regulation which is not so approved shall be deemed to be rescinded as from the date of such disapproval but without prejudice to any thing done thereunder.
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(4) Notification of the date on which any regulation made by the Minister is so deemed to be rescinded shall be published in the Gazette”.
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Repeal of First and Third Schedules to the principal enactment
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6. The First and the Third Schedules to the principal enactment are hereby repealed.
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