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64. Amendment of section 67F of the principal enactment

Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.

Section 67F of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following section substituted therefor:—

67F. (1) any person who is in unlawful and unauthorized possession of any State land to which, the provisions of this Ordinance are applicable shall be liable to an ejectment and the provisions of State Lands (Recovery of

Possession) Act, No. 7 of 1979 shall mutatis mutandis apply, of every such ejectment.

(2)

Any reference in the said Act to a

Competent Authority shall be considered as a reference to the Wildlife Ranger of the area in which such State land is situated.

(3)

Any proceedings instituted under the said Act for the recovery of possession of State land shall be concluded within one year from the date of commencement of such proceedings.”.

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