2. Section 7 of the Government Quarters (Recovery of Possession) Act, No. 7 of 1969 (hereinafter referred to as the" principal enactment ") is hereby amended as follows :
| (a) by the renumbering of that section as subsection (1) of that section; and |
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| (b) by the insertion, immediately after subsection (1) of that section of the following new subsections:
| | " (2) Notwithstanding anything in any other law, the issue or re-issue of a writ of possession under subsection (1) shall not be stayed in any manner, by reason of any steps taken or proposed to be taken in any court with a view to questioning the issue or re-issue of such writ of possession or the quit notice in pursuance of which such writ of possession is issued or re-issued. | | |
| | (3) Nothing in this Act shall be read and construed as precluding any person who claims to have been unlawfully ejected from Government quarters under this section from instituting an action for damages or other relief. ". | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts