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

Replacement of section 36 of the principal enactment

17. Section 36 of the principal enactment is hereby re pealed and the following section substituted therefor :"
36.
(1) On the date fixed under section 35, or on any later date which the Court may fix for the purpose, the Court may, after summary inquiry:-
(a) confirm with or without modification the scheme of partition proposed by the surveyor and enter final decree of partition accordingly ;
(b) order the sale of any lot, in accordance with the provisions of this Law, at the appraised value of such lot given by the Surveyor under section 32, where the Commissioner has reported to Court under section 32 that the extent of such lot is less than the minimum extent required by written law relating to the subdivision of land for development purposes and shall enter final decree of partition subject to such alterations as may be rendered necessary by reason of such order of sale.
(2)The provisions of sections 41,42,43,44, 45, 45A, 46, 47 and 48(2) shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to a sale ordered under paragraph (b) of subsection (1).".


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