Village Councils Ordinance. Country/Territory Sri Lanka Document type Regulation Date 1924 (1979) Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn Ordinance to amend and consolidate the Law relating to Village Councils. Subject Land & soil Keyword Institution Cadastre/land registration Land reform Land tenure Subdivision of land Survey/mapping Tax/levy Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Indian Ocean, South Asian Seas, Southern Asia Abstract The Ordinance provides for the institution of Village Councils for the purpose of town development and endorses them with the power to order surveys and dispose of the land, to redistribute it between adjacent villages and to issue land taxes or levyand to provide for all related matters, legal and administrative. Full text English