8. The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 8, and shall have effect as section 8A, of the principal enactment:-
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| | (1) Where any person is required or directed under this Ordinance to carry out any measures or to execute any work in or upon any land, the Director may, if such person fails to comply with such requirement or direction, cause such measures to be carried out or such work to be executed; and any person or persons acting under the authority of the Director may enter such land and do all such acts as may be necessary for the purpose of carrying out such measures or executing such work. | | |
| | (2) All expenses incurred by the Director for the purpose of carrying out any measures or executing any work in or upon any land under subsection (1) shall be payable by the person who was required or directed under this Ordinance to carry out such measures or execute such work, and shall be recoverable from that person in the manner hereafter provided. | | |
| | (3) Any expenses payable by any person under subsection (2) may be recovered, upon application made by the Director to the Magistrate's Court having jurisdiction in the place where such person is resident, in like manner as a fine imposed by the court, notwithstanding that the amount of such expenses may exceed the amount of the fine which the court may in the exercise of its ordinary jurisdiction impose.". | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts