10. The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 15, and shall have effect as section 15a, of the principal enactment: -
| 15A. Where a house, for the purchase of which an application may be or could have been made to the Commissioner under this Law by the tenant thereof or by the person who may succeed to the tenancy thereof under section 36 of the Rent Act, No. 7 of 1972, is, after the date of commencement of this Law, purchased by such tenant or person directly from the owner thereof, the title of such tenant or person to such house shall be as if such tenant or person had purchased such house from the Commissioner after it was vested in the Commissioner under this Law; and where the preceding provisions of this Section apply to a house, a certificate to that effect may be issued by the Commissioner on payment of the prescribed fee, if an application for such certificate is made by such tenant or person or by any other person deriving title to such house from such tenant or person.". |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts