38. Section 18 of the State Lands (Recovery of Possession) Act, No. 7 of 1979 is hereby amended as follows:-
(a) in the definition of "Competent Authority" by the insertion immediately after item if) thereof, of the following item :-
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(b) in the definition of "State Land" by the substitution, for the words and figures "Ceylon Petroleum Corporation Act, No. 28 of 1961, as the case may be", of the words and figures "Ceylon Petroleum Corporation Act, No. 28 of 1961 or the National Aquaculture Development Authority of Sri Lanka, established by the National Aquaculture Development Authority of Sri Lanka Act, No. 53 of 1998, as the case may be ;". |
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