Order declaring Hittetiya Rajamahaa Vihara as a Sacred Area. Country/Territory Sri Lanka Document type Regulation Date 2014 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Extraordinary) No. 1848/7, 5 February 2014, pp. 1A and 2A. 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 power vested by Section 6(2) (b) and Section 21(2) (b) of the Town and Country Planning Ordinance (Chapter 269), Wimal Weerawansa, Minister of Construction, Engineering Services, Housing and Common Amenities, by this Order: declares that the area of land specified in schedule shall be an Urban Development Area for the purpose of the aforesaid Ordinance and shall be called the “Hittetiya Rajamahaa Vihara Sacred Area” and direct that an outline scheme shall be prepared for the whole of the area declared to be “Hittetiya Rajamahaa 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