Land Development (Amendment) Act 1993

This Act may he cited as the Land Development

(Amendment) Act, No. 22 of 1993.

Section 2 of the Land Development Ordinance (here-inafter referred to as the “principal enactment”) is hereby amended by the insertion immediately after the definition of “holding”, of the following new definition :—

‘“ Housing Development Finance Corporation of Sri

Lanka Limited ” means the Corporation established under the National Housing Act (Chapter 401) 3’.

The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 23a of the principal enactment and shall have effect as section 23s of that enactment

:—

bower of

238.

an

The Land Commissioner may; within

Commis-one year from the date of notification of set aside selection of a person for alienation of state oe eereors.

land, set aside such selection if in the opinion of the Land Commissioner, such person has failed or neglected to develop such land or failed to take up residence on such land.”.

Section 39 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following section substituted therefor :—

“Land

39. No land alienated on a permit or grant on grant shall be seized or sold in execution of the an accepted.

decree of any court:

as bail may pe

Provided that the preceding provisions of court this section shall not apply to the seizure and sale of land alienated on a grant in the enforcement of. a mortgage on that land i which is permitted by this Ordinance:

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Provided further that where any land alienated on a grant has been accepted as bail for the release of any person accused of an offence before any court and where such person does not appear as required by such court, such land may be seized and sold for the recovery of such amount as may be fixed as bail by such court.”.

The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 41 of the principal enactment and shall have effect as section 41a of that enactment :—

“ Seizure

41a.

section 41a in the principal enactment

Nothing in the preceding provisions by Bert.

of this Chapter shall be deemed to prohibit and

the seizure and sale, by the People’s Bank, prescribed institutions.

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the State Mortgage and Investment Bank, the

Bank of Ceylon, the Development Finance

Corporation of Ceylon, the National Develop-ment Bank of Sri Lanka, the National

Housing

Development

Authority, the

Housing Development Finance Corporation of Sri Lanka Limited or a registered society or other prescribed institution in accordance with the provisions of the law providing for the establishment of such Bank, Corporation,

Authority, society or institution, of any land alienated on a grant, for the enforcement of a mortgage on that land executed in favour of such Bank, Corporation, Authority, society or institution, as the case may be”.

Section 43 of the principal enactment is hereby

. amended by the substitution, for paragraph (b) of that section, of the following paragraph :—

“(b) shall not mortgage such holding to any person other than the State Mortgage and Investment

Bank, the People’s Bank, the Bank of Ceylon, the

Development Finance Corporation of Ceylon, the

National Development Bank of Sri Lanka, the

National Housing

Development Authority, the

Housing Development Finance Corporation of

Sri Lanka Limited, any registered society or other prescribed institution.”.

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Sections 106 and 107 of the principal enactment are hereby repealed and the following sections substituted therefor

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“Notice to

106. If it appears to the Government borden

Agent that a permit-holder has failed to

Tnere as observe a condition of the permit, the been a

Government Agent may issue a notice in the breach prescribed form intimating to such permit oF eadigion holder that his permit will be cancelled of the unless sufficient cause to the contrary is permit.

shown to the Government Agent on a date and place specified in such notice.

Period

107. The date specified in a notice issued allo Showing under section 106 shall not be less than cause.

thirty days from the date of the issue of such notice on the permit-holder.”.

Section 118a of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the substitution for the words and figures

“under section 23a varies”, of the words and figures

“under sections 23a and 238 varies”.

In the event of any inconsistency between the

Sinhala and Tamil texts of this Act, the Sinhala text shall prevail.

Amendment in case of inconsis-tency.