35. Amendment of section 58 of the principal enactment

Official English translation. The Sinhala text prevails. Open the official Sinhala text, official PDF on documents.gov.lk

Section 58 of the principal enactment is hereby amended in subsection (2) by the insertion immediately after paragraph (b), of the following new paragraphs:—

“(c)

any employee or officer of the Department of Wild

Life Conservation to perform the functions of a

Forest Officer for the purposes of sections 24, 27,

37, or 48 of this Ordinance;

(d)

a District Land Officer, Land Officer, Kachcheri

Surveyor, Grama Niladhari and a Colonization

Officer of the Land Commissioners Department to perform the functions of a Forest Officer for the purposes of sections 27, 37 or 48 of this

Ordinance; or

(e)

a District Secretary, Divisional Secretary, Assistant

Divisional Secretary to perform the functions of a Forest Officer for the purposes of sections 24, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 37 or 48 of this Ordinance.”.

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