7. Section 22 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows:
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| | (a) by the insertion, immediately after paragraph (b) of that subsection, of the following new paragraph:
| | | (bb) alienation, by way of sale with the approval of the Minister, for non-agricultural purposes; "; and |
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| | (b) by the substitution, for paragraph (f) of that subsection, of the following paragraph: -
| | | (f) alienation, by way of sale to any person who
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| (2) by the addition, at the end of that section, of the following new subsection:
| | " (4) It shall be lawful for the Commission to alienate by way of lease under paragraph (b) or paragraph (bb) of subsection (1), agricultural land to any person in excess of fifty acres for such purposes as may be approved by the Minister:". | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts