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| (1) Whenever it appears to the Chairman of any Village Council that an examination or a survey of any private land, building, or premises is necessary for any public purpose in the village area for which the Council is constituted, it shall be lawful for the Chairman to direct any officer or servant of the Council to make such examination or survey, and it shall thereupon be lawful for such officer or servant and his workmen to enter such land, building or premises, and to do thereon any of the following acts : -
| | (a) to make a survey and to take levels ; | | |
| | (b) to dig or bore into the sub-soil; | | |
| | (c) to do other acts to ascertain whether the land, building, or premises is or are adaptable to such public purpose ; | | |
| | (d) to set out the boundaries of any land which is to be acquired, or street lines, or the lines of any work proposed to be carried out; | | |
| | (e) to mark such levels, boundaries, or lines, by placing permanent marks on existing buildings, trees, posts, walls, fences, or other fixed objects, or by fixing new marks, or by cutting trenches as the case may require ; | | |
| | (f) and where otherwise a survey cannot be completed or levels taken, or the boundaries and the lines marked, to cut down and dear away any obstructions interfering with the execution of such work. | | |
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| (2) Where any damage is caused to any land or to anything thereon by the performance of any of the acts referred to in subsection (1), full compensation shall be paid by the Village Council to the owner or other person entitled thereto. |
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| (3) No person shall enter any building or any enclosure attached to a dwelling house for the purposes of subsection (1) except with the written consent of the occupant thereof, or if such consent is withheld, with the written sanction of the Chairman of the Village Council. |
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| (4) Every mark fixed on any land under this section shall be deemed to be the property of the Village Council. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts