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Colombo District (Low-Lying Areas) Reclamation And Development Board Act (No. 15 of 1968) - Sect 2

Declaration of Reclamation and Development Areas by Order of the Minister and effect, of such

2.
(1) Where the Minister is satisfied that any area of land situated within the jurisdiction of any local authority specified in the First Schedule to this Act is a low-lying, marshy, waste or swampy area, he shall after consultation with the Minister of Local Government and the local authority or authorities within which such area of land is situated, by Order published in the Gazette, declare such area to be a Reclamation and Development Area for the purposes of this Act.
(2) An Order declaring a Reclamation and Development Area under sub-section (1) shall define the area by setting out the metes and bounds of the land or lands comprised in the Area.
(3) Upon the publication of an Order declaring a Reclamation and Development Area under sub-section (1) it shall be the duty of the Board hereinafter established by this Act to reclaim and develop that Area/and render it suitable for building purposes.)
(4) The House of Representatives may by resolution revoke any Order made by the Minister under this section within fifty days of the publication of such Order in the Gazette, and in the computation of such period of fifty days no account shall be taken of any period during which Parliament is prorogued. Such revocation shall be without prejudice to anything previously done thereunder.

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