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As enacted

7. Replacement of section 104 of the principal enactment

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

Section 104 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following section is substituted therefore:-

104. The President may make order cancelling the grant of a holding where the

President is satisfied that-

(a)

there has been a failure of succession thereto either because of there is no person lawfully entitled to succeed or because no person so entitled is willing to succeed; or

(b)

the grant has been obtained fraudulently on false information or the grant has been issued to a person other than the legitimate occupant.”.

“Grant not to issue for unsurveyed land

“Plan to be attached to grant

“The

President may cancel the grant