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Land Reform (Special Provisions) Act (No. 14 of 1986) - Sect 13

Amendment of section 21 of the principal enactment

13. Section 21 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the repeal of subsection (1) of that section, and the substitution of the following subsection therefore :-
(1) Where any lands have been acquired under the Land Acquisition Act on or after May 29, 1971, but prior to August 26, 1972, being lands which had they not been so acquired, would have vested in the Commission under the Land Reform Law No. 1 of 1972, and un respect of which, no award had been made, on the date of Commencement of this Act under section 17 of the Land Acquisition Act, such lands shall, notwithstanding any thing in this Act or any other law, be deemed to have vested in the Commission under the Land Reform Law, and accordingly, the owners of such lands shall be entitled to the rights of a statutory lessee under section 14 or section 19 of that Law and may, within three months of the commencement of this Act, make an application to the Commission under section 14 of the Land Reform Law and under section 18 of the Land Reform Law a statutory declaration to the Commission.


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