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Acts & Ordinances
LAND (RESTRICTIONS ON ALIENATION)
Marginal Notes
1. Short title and date of operation.
2. Restriction on transfer of land.
3. Exemption from the application of the provisions of section 2.
4. Conditions for the registration of instruments relating to the transfer of title of lands.
5. Restrictions on the leasing of lands to foreigners.
6. Tax on the lands leased out to foreigners.
7. Exemption from the Land Lease Tax.
8. Conditions on the registration of instruments of lease.
9. Enforcement.
10. Land Lease Tax to be credited to the Consolidated Fund.
11. Restrictions on mortgaging lands of which title has passed or has been leased to a foreign national.
12. Land Reform Act to apply in respect of exempted transfers and leases.
13. Valuation.
14. Offences and punishment.
15. Offences by bodies of persons.
16. Concessions for Development Projects.
17. Regulations.
18. Alienation of land in contravention of this Act to be void.
19. Repeal of Part VI of Act No. 11 of 1963.
20. Avoidance of doubts.
21. Validation.
22. Recovery of any difference between the actual amount and the amount paid as the Land Lease Tax.
23. Refund of excess amount paid as Land Lease Tax.
24. Sinhala text to prevail in case of inconsistency.
25. Interpretation.