Coast Conservation (Amendment) Act 2011 · As enacted
17. Amendment of section 21 of the principal enactment
Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.
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Section 21 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows:—
by the re-numbering of that section as subsection (1) of that section;
in the re-numbered subsection (1), by the substitution for the words “subject of Coast
Conservation.” of the words “subject of Coast
Conservation and Coastal Resource Management.”;
and
by the addition, immediately after the re-numbered subsection (1) of the following new subsections:—
“(2) On receipt of an appeal under subsection (1) the Secretary shall forthwith require the
Director-General to forward to him all relevant documents and files. The Director-General shall comply with such request within a period of fourteen days of the receipt of such request.
The Secretary shall within sixty days of the receipt by him of the appeal under subsection (1), decide the matter and inform the Director-General and the party appealing, of his decision. The decision of the Secretary on an appeal shall be final.
It shall be the duty of the Director-General to carry out the decision of the Secretary in respect of an appeal.
The procedure to be followed in appeal shall be as prescribed.”.