2. Section 18 of the State Lands (Recovery of Possession) Act, No. 7 of 1979 as amended by Acts, Nos. 58 of 1981,29 of 1983 and 50 of 1987 is hereby further amended in the definition of "competent authority" as follows :"
| (i) by the re-lettering of paragraphs (g), (gg), (h) and (i) of that definition, as paragraphs (i), (j), (k) and (l) respectively, of that definition ; and |
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| (ii) by the insertion, immediately after paragraph (f) of that definition, of the following new paragraphs :"
| | "(g) the Director-General of Agriculture, where such land is under the control of the Department of Agriculture ; | | |
| | (h) the head of any other Government Department or Institution being a department or institution created by law, where such land is under the control of such department or institution. | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts