Registration of Title Act, No. 21 of 1998. Country/Territory Sri Lanka Document type Legislation Date 1998 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Supplement 10 Part ll of the Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka of April 30 1998. Long titleAn Act to make Provision for the Investigation and Registration of Title to a Land Parcel; for the Regulation of Transactions Relating to a Land Parcel so Registered; and for Matters Connected Therewith or Incidental Thereto. Subject Land & soil Keyword Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Authorization/permit Cadastre/land registration Land tenure Ownership Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Indian Ocean, South Asian Seas, Southern Asia Abstract This Registration of Title Act, consisting of 45 sections, specifies the registration of title to every land parcel in accordance with the cadastral map prepared for that purpose. On the publication of an Order under section I of this Act, the Commissioner of Title Settlement shall request the Surveyor-General to prepare cadastral maps for the areas specified in such Order and upon such request the Surveyor-General shall cause such cadastral maps to be prepared and certified copies of the same to be issued to the Commissioner of Title Settlement. The Commissioner of Title Settlement shall, on receipt of such certified copies of cadastral maps publish a Notice in the Gazette, calling for any claimants to the land parcel specified in such Notice to submit their claims to him within a prescribed period from the date of publication of such Notice. The Commissioner of Title Settlement shall cause an investigation to be conducted in order to determine the genuinness or otherwise of claims made in response to a Notice under section 12. The beneficiaries may apply to the Commissioner of Title Settlement to appoint another co-owner as the Manager or the co-owned land parcel, on specific land registration. Full text English