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Colombo District (low-lying areas) Reclamation and Development Board Act.

Country/Territory
Sri Lanka
Document type
Legislation
Date
1968 (1976)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An Act to provide for the establishment of a Board to be known as the Colombo District (low-lying areas) Reclamation and Development Board for the reclamation and development of such areas as may be declared by Order of the Minister so that such areas may be rendered suitable for building purposes and for matters connected or incidental thereto.
Subject
Land & soil, Water
Keyword
Institution Expropriation Land tenure Subdivision of land Vested rights/existing rights Water supply Drainage/land reclamation Sewerage
Geographical area
Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Indian Ocean, South Asian Seas, Southern Asia
Abstract

The Act institutes the Reclamation and Development Board which, under the provisions of this very Act, shall claim possession of or buy any parcel of low-lying wetland (Reclamation and Development Area) and render it apt to be built upon. The land so vested to the Board may be sold and a sum equivalent to the value of the same parcel of land before reclamation shall be paid by the Board to the competent Authority; or the same land may be leased or mortgaged or used for any development scheme (road building, water drainage or supply etc.)

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