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Ceylon Petroleum Corporation Act (No. 28 of 1961) - Sect 74

Provision in regard to evidence

64.
(1) Where a copy of any report made by or under the authority of the Corporation in regard to the condition of any property vested in or requisition ed for the Corporation is served on any claimant to compensation in respect of such property, then, in so far as that claimant is concerned, that report shall, in any proceedings relating to the claim of the claimant before the Tribunal, be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein until the contrary is proved.
(2) Where a copy of the Corporation's assessment of compensation in respect of any property is served on any claimant to such compensation, that assessment shall, in any proceedings relating to the claim of the claimant before that Tribunal, be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein until the contrary is proved.
(3) Where a report in regard to the condition of any property vested in or requisitioned for the Corporation, or the Corporation's assessment of any compensation, is prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein under the preceding provisions of this section in any proceedings relating to a claim to compensation before the Tribunal, then, the claimant shall not be entitled to produce in those proceedings any document in support of any objection to such report or assessment unless that document had been produced to the Corporation as required by or under this Act.


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