| 1.
| | This Ordinance may be cited as the State Lands Ordinance. |
| 2.
| | Grants, leases, and other depositions of State land. |
| 3.
| | Surrender of land comprised in instrument of disoosition. |
| 4.
| | Surrender and subdivision. |
| 5.
| | Exchange of State land for private land. |
| 6.
| | Special grants and leases. |
| 7.
| | Surrender of special grants and leases. |
| 8.
| | Execution and contents of instruments of disposition |
| 9.
| | Survey of land to precede issue of grant or long-term lease. |
| 10.
| | Reservation of minerals. |
| 11.
| | Covenants and conditions to run with the land. |
| 12.
| | Minor bound by covenants and conditions of instrument executed in his favour. |
| 13.
| | Power of President to fix, revise or remit payments due to the State. |
| 14.
| | Power of President to mitigate, & c, conditions in leases, & c. |
| 15.
| | Power of President to grant extension of time for performance of covenants. |
| 16.
| | Permits and licenses may be personal to grantees thereof. |
| 17.
| | Cancellation of permits or licenses. |
| 18.
| | No legal claim for compensation to be founded on cancellation of permit or licence. |
| 19.
| | Dispositions executed by grantee contrary to provisions in instrument of disposition are void. |
| 20.
| | Rectification of errors, &c., in instruments of disposition. |
| 21.
| | Use of the Public Seal of the Island. |
| 22.
| | Execution of instruments of disposition. |
| 23.
| | Authentication of instruments required to be signed by the President. |
| 24.
| | Authentication of copies of instrument signed by the President. |
| 25.
| | Penalty for unlawful possession or use of stamp of President's signature. |
| 26.
| | Registration of grants and eases. |
| 27.
| | Vesting orders. |
| 28.
| | Vesting orders in favour of authorities which are not law. |
| 29.
| | Title of State unaffected by vesting orders. |
| 30.
| | Revocation of vesting order |
| 31.
| | No compensation payable upon revocation of vesting order. |
| 32.
| | Surrender of vested lands. |
| 33.
| | Effect of revocation of vesting order or surrender of vested land. |
| 34.
| | Written law enacted for protection of State lands to apply equally to lands vested in a local authority. |
| 35.
| | Survey of State land vested in a local authority on requisition of Land Commissioner. |
| 36.
| | Part III not to apply to land acquired under the Land Acquisition Ordinance or Act and thereafter vested in any authority. |
| 37.
| | Village Council to furnish schedules of State lands claimed to be vested under section 31 of Village Councils Ordinance. |
| 38.
| | Recommendation of Government Agent on claim preferred and notification thereof to Village Council. |
| 39.
| | Appeal to Minister- |
| 40.
| | Powers of Minister on appeal. |
| 41.
| | Procedure where Minister desires further evidence or information. |
| 42.
| | Decision of Minister to be submitted to President for confirmation. |
| 43.
| | Where no appeal, recommendation of Government Agent to be submitted to President for confirmation. |
| 44.
| | President's order on all claims to be final and conclusive. |
| 45.
| | Vesting orders to be issued on establishment of claim of Village Council. |
| 46.
| | Failure to claim State land is presumptive proof that such land is not vested under section 31 of Village Councils Ordinance. |
| 47.
| | Special leases by local authorities of lands vested in such authorities. |
| 48.
| | Cancellation of karaiyur slum area leases and provision for issue of new leases. |
| 49.
| | Constitution of State reservations. |
| 50.
| | State reservations for public streams. |
| 51.
| | Cancellation of Stale reservations. |
| 52.
| | Title to State reservations cannot be acquired by possession or user. |
| 53.
| | State not liable to pay compensation for improvements effected on reservations after commencement of Ordinance. |
| 54.
| | Summary ejectment of offenders in unlawful possession of Slate reservations. |
| 55.
| | Road reservations, |
| 56.
| | Cancellation of road reservations. |
| 57.
| | Lease of road reservations. |
| 58.
| | Administration of foreshore vested in the State. |
| 59.
| | Regulation of user of foreshore. |
| 60.
| | Government authorized to construct works on foreshore, &c. |
| 61.
| | Power to lease foreshore and sea-bed. |
| 62.
| | Power to issue permits for temporary occupation of foreshore and sea-bed. |
| 63.
| | Power to declare area from which sea sand, & c, may not be removed. |
| 64.
| | Power of Government Agent to prohibit removal of sand, & c, from any particular place on foreshore. |
| 65.
| | Penalty for unlawful removal of sand from foreshore, & c. |
| 66.
| | Meaning of " removal of sand" & c. |
| 67.
| | Appeals to the Minister- |
| 68.
| | Proclamations and prohibitions issued under Seashore Protection Ordinance deemed to be in force under this Ordinance. |
| 69.
| | Saving as to rights to foreshore. |
| 70.
| | interpretation of Part IX. |
| 71.
| | Tanks may be declared as lakes. |
| 72.
| | Right of State in waters of public lakes and streams. |
| 73.
| | Restrictions to right of the State. |
| 74.
| | Compensation for extinction of prescriptive right to use water in public lake or public stream. |
| 75.
| | Rights of riparian proprietors. |
| 76.
| | State is owner of bed of public lake or stream. |
| 77.
| | Permits to divert water and construct works and bridges. |
| 78.
| | Matters to be taken into account in considering an application for a permit under section 77. |
| 79.
| | Advisory board. |
| 80.
| | Communication of Government Agent's decision to applicant for permit. |
| 81.
| | Right of aggrieved applicant to appeal to District Court. |
| 82.
| | Validation of previous licences, & c. |
| 83.
| | Penalty for unlawful diversion of water of public lake or stream & c. |
| 84.
| | Cancellation of permits. |
| 85.
| | Certificate of Government Agent |
| 86.
| | Application of summary procedure for recovery of moneys due to State under instruments of disposition. |
| 87.
| | Cancellation of instruments of disposition for nonpayment of moneys due to the State. |
| 88.
| | Notice to issue on party in occupation to vacate land. |
| 89.
| | Ejectment where occupants fail to vacate land- |
| 90.
| | Application of part X to all instruments of disposition. |
| 91.
| | Administration of Ordinance. |
| 92.
| | Powers of land Commissioner. |
| 93.
| | Appointment of officers and servants. |
| 94.
| | All officers, & c, to be public servants. |
| 95.
| | Regulations. |
| 96.
| | Matters which may be provided for by regulation. |
| 97.
| | offences under regulations. |
| 98.
| | Regulations must be approved by Parliament. |
| 99.
| | Regulations to have statutory force. |
| 100.
| | Power of President to take lands on lease |
| 101.
| | Disposition of State land over 5,000 feet in elevation. |
| 102.
| | Title to public roads, & c, vested in the State. |
| 103.
| | No prescriptive title to land settled, & c |
| 104.
| | Power of President to accept donations. |
| 105.
| | Delegation of President's powers. |
| 106.
| | Covenants in instruments of disposition to bind minor if it is executed with assistance of curator. |
| 107.
| | Government Agents authorized to appoint curators. |
| 108.
| | Alluvial and other accretions |
| 109.
| | Power to inspect State lands after disposition. |
| 110.
| | interpretation. |
| 111.
| | Savings, |
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