Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts Sri Lanka Consolidated ActsSpecial provision relating to proceedings before the Board on a reference
| 17. The proceedings before the Board on any reference of a claim for an award as to title in respect of any nindagama land shall, as far as possible, be free from the formalities and the technicalities of the rules of procedure and evidence applicable in a court of law, and may be conducted by the Board in any manner, not inconsistent with the principles of natural justice, which to the Board may seem best adapted to elicit proof concerning the matters that are investigated. |