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| (1) The Permanent Secretary shall refer to the Chief Valuer the determination of compensation payable in respect of any estate vested in the Crown, and such Valuer shall submit his determination to the Permanent Secretary. |
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| (2) The Chief Valuer shall, before making his determination of the compensation payable in respect of any estate vested in the Crown, give the person from whom that estate was acquired as well as the Permanent Secretary, an opportunity to adduce before such Valuer, by himself or by a representative authorized by him in that behalf, evidence with regard to the value of that estate. |
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| (3) The Permanent Secretary shall communicate in writing to the person from whom the estate was acquired the determination of the compensation payable in respect of that estate made by the Chief Valuer. |
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| (4) The Permanent Secretary shall cause a notice to be published in the Gazette and in at least one Sinhala newspaper, Tamil newspaper and English newspaper, specifying the compensation that he proposes to pay in respect of the estate, being the compensation determined by the Chief Valuer, and inviting any person who had any interest in that estate, immediately before that estate was vested in the Crown and who claims any compensation in respect of that estate to communicate to the Permanent Secretary his claim in writing, stating the nature and basis thereof, before such date as shall be specified in the notice. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts