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Partition (Amendment) Act (No. 17 of 1997) - Sect 13

Amendment of section 26 of the principal enactment

13. Section 26 of the principal enactment is here by amended by the repeal of subsection (3) of that section, and the substitution therefor of the following new subsection :-
"(3) Where by virtue of an order made under subsection (1), a person is entitled to an undivided extent of land which, by reason of its trivialness in extent or value or of it being less than the minimum extent required by any written law regulating the subdivision of land for development purposes, the court considers it inexpedient to allot to that person a divided portion, the court may, in lieu of ordering the allotment of a divided portion of the land to mat person and on the payment to that person of such compensation as may be determined by court, allot that extent to any other person who is entitled to an undivided extent of the land to which the action relates.".


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