2. The following section is hereby inserted immediately after section 22 of the Mahaweli Authority Act, No. 23 of 1979 and shall have effect as section 22A that Act:
22A. It shall be lawful for the Minister to whom the administration of this Act is assigned to exercise in, or with respect to, any special area-
| | (a) the powers conferred on a Minister by paragraph (b) of the proviso to section 20 of the Land Development Ordinance ; | | |
| | (b) the powers conferred on a Minister by sections 49. 51, 79 and 80 of the Crown Lands Ordinance.; and | | |
| | (c) the powers relating to special grants and leases of State land conferred on a Minister by any provision of the Crown Lands Ordinance or by any Order or regulation made thereunder, | | |
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