Order declaring Ambalanthota Girihandu Raja Maha Vihara as Sacred Area. Country/Territory Sri Lanka Document type Regulation Date 2010 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Extraordinary) No. 1647/8, 31 March 2010, p. 1A. Subject Environment gen. Keyword Land-use planning Protected area Zoning Urban land Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Indian Ocean, South Asian Seas, Southern Asia Abstract By virtue of the powers vested in me by Section 6(2)(b) and Section 21(2)(b) of the Town and Country Planning Ordinance (Chapter 269), Dinesh Chandra Rupasinghe Gunawardena, Minister of Urban Development and Sacred Area Development, by this Order: declares that the area of land specified in the Schedule shall be an Urban Development Area for the purpose of the aforesaid Ordinance and shall be called “Ambalanthota Girihandu Raja Maha Vihara Sacred Area”; and direct that an outline scheme shall be prepared for the area declared to be the Ambalanthota Girihandu Raja Maha Vihara Sacred Area. Full text English Website www.documents.gov.lk References - Legislation Implements Town and Country Planning Ordinance. Legislation | Sri Lanka | 1947 (1955) Keyword: Land-use planning, Institution, Land commission, Policy/planning, Public land, Right of use, Subdivision of land Source: FAO, FAOLEX