Sri Lanka Land Reclamation and Development Corporation (Amendment) Act 2019

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

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s 1Short title

This Act may be cited as the Sri Lanka Land

Reclamation and Development Corporation (Amendment)

Act, No. 11 of 2019.

s 2Amendment of the Long title to Act, No. 15 of 1968

The Long title to the Sri Lanka Land Reclamation and Development Corporation Act, No. 15 of 1968

(hereinafter referred to as the “principal enactment”) is hereby amended by the substitution for the words “Sri Lanka Land

Reclamation and Development Corporation” wherever such words appear in the Long title of the words “Sri Lanka Land

Development Corporation” .

s 3General amendment to the principal enactment and other written laws

(1)

In the principal enactment and any other written law there shall be substituted for the words “Sri Lanka

Land Reclamation and Development Corporation” wherever such words appear in the principal enactment and other written law of the words “Sri Lanka Land Development

Corporation”.

(2)

Every reference to the “Sri Lanka Land Reclamation and Development Corporation” in any notice, notification, contract, communication or other document, shall be read and construed as a reference to the “Sri Lanka Land

Development Corporation”.

s 4Avoidance of doubts

For the avoidance of doubts it is hereby declared that the “Sri Lanka Land Development Corporation” shall for all purposes be deemed to be the successor to the

“Sri Lanka Land Reclamation and Development

Corporation”.

Sri Lanka Land Reclamation and

Development Corporation (Amendment)

Act, No. 11 of 2019

s 5Sinhala text to prevail in case of inconsistency

In the event of any inconsistency between the Sinhala and Tamil texts of this Act, the Sinhala text shall prevail.

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