Protection Of Tenants (Special Provisions)(Amendment)

BE it enacted by the Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka as follows : –

1. This Act may be cited as the Protection of Tenants (Special Provisions) (Amendment) Act, No. 16 of 1984.

2. The Protection of Tenants (Special Provisions) Act, No. 28 of 1970, shall be deemed for all purposes to have been and to be in operation from and after November 18, 1983, until the date of commencement of this Act.

3. Section 12 of the Protection of Tenants (Special Pro visions) Act, No, 28 of 1970, as last amended by Law No. 9 of 1978, is hereby further amended by the substitution, for the words ” thirteen years “, of the words ” eighteen years “.

4. Where during the period commencing on the 18th day of November, 1983, and ending on the date of commencement of this Act, the Commissioner, on being notified under paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section 5 of the Protection of Tenants (Special Provisions) Act, No. 28 of 1970, that the tenant or any person in occupation of any premises has been ejected there from, has made an order refusing to inquire into the alleged ejectment on the ground that the aforesaid Act was not in force on the date of notification or the date on which ejectment was alleged to have taken place, the following provisions shall apply:

In this section, “Commissioner” has the same meaning as in the Protection of Tenants (Special Provisions) Act, No. 28 of 1970.