View All - 1968 Acts Section No : Acts & Ordinances COLOMBO DISTRICT (LOW-LYING AREAS) RECLAMATION AND DEVELOPMENT BOARDMarginal Notes1. This Act may be cited as the Colombo District (Low-lying Areas) Reclamation and Development Board Act, No. 15 of 1968, and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by Order published in the Gazette, appoint.2. Declaration of Reclamation and Development Areas by Order of the Minister and effect, of such 3. Vesting in the Boards of lands which are situated within the jurisdiction of local authorities and which comprise "Reclamation and Development Areas 4. Compulsory acquisition, of any land which comprises a Reclamation and Development Area and which is not vested In authority within the jurisdiction of which that land is situated. 5. Establishment of the Colombo District (Low-lying Areas) Reclamation and Development Board. 6. Members of the Board 7. Chairman of the Board. 8. Objects of the Board. 9. Genera! powers of the Board. 10. Borrowing powers of the? Board, 11. Capital of the Board, 12. Soul of the Board, 13. Procedure at meetings of the Board, 14. Appointment officers and 15. Fund of the Board. 16. Accounts the Board. 17. Audit 18. Documents to be transmitted to the Minister and to be placed before the Senate and the House of Representatives. 19. Compulsory acquisition of any land other than land referred to in section 4 or any interest in such land for any purpose of the Board. 20. Special grant or lease of Grown property-to the Board. 21. Minister's directions to the Board. 22. Power to enter land or premises. 23. Power of Minister to modify certain written laws. 24. Effect of other laws 25. Amendment of Schedules. 26. Revocation by House of Representatives of Orders under section 23 and section 25. 27. Regulations. 28. Interpretation