Order establishing the Miriyagalla Forest under the Forest Conservation Ordinance (Chapter 451). Country/Territory Sri Lanka Document type Regulation Date 2013 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Extraordinary) No. 1792/4, 7 January 2013, p. 6A. Subject Forestry Keyword Forest management/forest conservation Public forest Zoning Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Indian Ocean, South Asian Seas, Southern Asia Abstract By virtue of powers vested by Section 3 of the Forest Conservation Ordinance (Chapter 451) as amended by Acts No. 13 of 1966, No. 56 of 1979, No. 13 of 1982, No. 84 of 1988, No. 23 of 1995 and No. 65 of 2009, I. Anura Priyadarshana Yapa, Minister of Environment, by this order declares the Miriyagalla Forest of 100.8844 Hectares bounded by the limit set forth in the Schedule hereto as Miriyagalla Reserved Forest from 31st day of December, 2012. Full text English Website www.documents.gov.lk References - Legislation Implements Forest Ordinance (No. 16 of 1907 - Chapter 283). Legislation | Sri Lanka | 1908 (1979) Keyword: Framework law, Forest management/forest conservation, Timber extraction/logging, Protected area, Classification/declassification, Transport/storage, Forest service/forest officers, Offences/penalties Source: FAO, FAOLEX