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Land Development (Amendment) Act (No. 16 of 1969) - Sect 53

Replacement of sections 105 and 106 of the principal enactment

53. Sections 105 and 106 of the principal enactment are hereby repealed and the following sections are substituted therefor: -
105. Where in the case of a land alienated on a permit to any person who was at the time of his death paving an annual sum by virtue of the provisions of sub-section (3) of section 19A there has been a failure of succession because there is no person lawfully entitled to succeed or because no person so entitled is willing to succeed or where any land has vested in the Crown under section 86, the Government Agent of the administrative district in which that land is situated shall be entitled to take possession of that land on behalf of the Crown.
106.
(1) If it appears to the Government Agent that a permit-holder has failed to observe a condition of the permit, the Government Agent may by notice in writing require such permit-holder to pay by way of fine such sum not exceeding one hundred rupees, and on or before such date, as may be specified in the notice.
(2) Where a permit-holder fails to comply with the requirements of a notice issued under sub-section (1), or where a permit-holder contravenes a condition of the permit on a second or subsequent occasion, the Government Agent may-issue a notice in the prescribed form intimating to the permit-holder that his permit will be cancelled unless sufficient cause to the contrary is shown to the Government Agent on a date and at a time and place specified in the notice.".


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