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State Lands Ordinance 1949.

Country/Territory
Sri Lanka
Document type
Legislation
Date
1949
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
State Lands Ordinance 1949 (Cap. 286), 22 pp.
Long title
An Ordinance to make provision for the grant and disposition of State land in Sri Lanka; for the management and control of such lands and the foreshore; for the regulation of the use of the water of lakes and public streams; and for other matters incidental to or connected with the matters aforesaid.
Subject
Environment gen., Land & soil, Water
Keyword
Basic legislation Coastal zone management Authorization/permit Basin/catchment/watershed Inland waters Public land Lease Survey/mapping Water rights Water abstraction
Geographical area
Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Indian Ocean, South Asian Seas, Southern Asia
Abstract

The Ordinance consists of the following Parts: Grants, Leases, and Other Dispositions of State Land (I); Execution, Authentication and Registration of Instruments of Dispositions (II); Vesting Orders and Vested Land (III); State Lands Vested in Village Councils (IV); Special Leases by Local Authorities of Lands Vested in Such Authorities (V); Reservations (VI); Road Reservations (VII); The Foreshore (VIII); Regulation and Control of the Use of the Water of Lakes and Public Streams (IX); Recovery of Payments Due to the State and Cancellation of Instruments of Disposition (X); Administration (XI); Regulations (XII); Miscellaneous (XIII); Interpretation and Savings (XIV).

Full text
English

References - Legislation

Amended by

State Lands (Amendment) Act (Act No. 40 of 1978 and Act No. 10 of 1983)

Legislation | Sri Lanka | 1983

Keyword: Public land, Lease, Survey/mapping, Coastal zone management, Authorization/permit, Territorial sea, Maritime zone, Water rights, Water abstraction, Basin/catchment/watershed, Inland waters

Source: FAO, FAOLEX