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| (1) Alienation of Crown land to any person under the provisions of this Ordinance shall be effected in the manner hereinafter provided. | | |
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| (2) Every such person shall in the first instance receive a permit authorizing him to occupy the land. A permit-holder shall pay annually as rent such sum as may be specified in the permit. | | |
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| (3) When a permit-holder has com plied with the conditions specified in the schedule to the permit to the satisfaction of the Government Agent within the period specified for such compliance in the permit or, where the period for such compliance has been extended by the Government Agent, within the period as so extended, he shall, instead of paying rent, pay annually a sum of such amount, and for such period, as may be determined by the Government Agent in accordance with regulations made under section 38. | | |
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| (4) A permit-holder who has paid all sums which he is required to pay under sub-section (3) and has complied with all the other conditions specified in the permit shall become the owner of the land of which he is in occupation and shall be entitled to receive a grant of that land. | | |
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| (5) Every grant issued under sub section (4) shall contain a condition that the owner of the holding shall not dispose of a divided portion, or an un divided share, of the holding which is less in extent than the unit of the sub division or the maximum fraction specified in the grant. | | |
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| (6) In the case of any grant made to a person of any prescribed class or description there shall be in addition a condition that the owner of the holding shall not dispose of such holding except with the prior approval of the Government Agent.''. | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts