The Act establishes the procedure to be followed by the competent authorities for the acquisition of land for public purpose. It includes, among other matters: investigations for selecting land to be carried out by a district officer appointed by the Minister; issue of notice of intended…

A Settlement Officer and Assistant Settlement Officers shall be appointed to ensure the proper implementation of the law relating to land settlement.The Ordinance establishes the procedure to be followed by said officers for the acquisition of any land that may be classified under the following…

The Ordinance establishes the powers of the board (established according to the provisions of section 11 of the Land Settlement Ordinance) and the procedure to be followed in respect of applications.As far as the decisions of the board are concerned, article 6 establishes that the chairman of…

The Surveyor-General or any of his assistants have the power to demand to any person claiming to be the owner or occupier of lands or premises the production of deeds, documents or instruments upon which such person founds his claim. Said power include also the power of examining such deeds,…

Act No. 58 of 1979 is amended by adding to the end of section 27 the following paragraph: "For the purpose of this subsection, "interest" includes the "ande" rights of a tenant cultivator, the rights of a lessee of such land and the rights of the majority of the co-…

This Ordinance regulates the alienation of State land. For this purpose, it makes provision for the appointment of a Land Commissioner who shall be responsible for the general supervision and control of all Government Agents and land officers in the administration of State land and in the…

The Ordinance aims at facilitating the identification of land boundaries in Sri Lanka. To this end, apart from the power of the Government Agent to demand in writing the production of title deeds to the owners or occupiers of lands, it regulates the following cases: (a) undisturbed possession of…

The Act amends several sections of the Agrarian Services Act 1979, concerning inter alia the procedure of eviction of paddy lands, the nomination of successors to the rights of tenant cultivators, the effects of transfer of rights of tenant cultivators, the payment and recovery of rent, the…

The Act aims at the conservation of soil resources for the prevention or mitigation of soil erosion and at the protection of land against damages by flood and drought. On the basis of surveys and investigations carried out by the Director of Agriculture for the purposes of ascertaining the…

Provisions of this Ordinance amend the Principal Act by: (a) replacing the magistrate in charge with the "Upazila Nirbahi Officer" as being an office elegible to be a Collector in the sense of this Act; (b) changing the rate of interest for compensation and lease under section 8 and…

In Rule 8, relative to the issue of landownership registration certificates, a subsection relating to land-ownership certificates, has been added. Such certificates for land in areas prescribed by the Government shall be in the form as set out in the (new) Fifth Schedule. A new section (12A)…

This Act amends the Land Reform Act that established a Land Reform Commission. Agricultural land is not to be alienated by the Commission to persons who are not citizens of Sri Lanka (sect. 6). There are amendments relating to compensation payable in respect of agricultural land vested in the…