Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts Sri Lanka Consolidated ActsAwards as to title in respect of nindagama lands to be proof of title. & c
| 22. Every award as to title in respect of any nindagama land shall, subject to the provisions of section 23, be published in the Gazette, and every award so published shall be judicially noticed, and shall be conclusive proof, so far as any person is thereby declared to be entitled to such land or to any share or interest in such land, that such person is entitled to such land or to such share of or interest in that land, free of all encumbrances whatsoever other than those specified in such award, and that, subject to the encumbrances so specified, such land or share or interest vests absolutely in such person to the exclusion of all persons whatsoever:Provided that nothing in the preceding provisions of this section shall affect the right of any person prejudiced by fraud, or the wilful suppression of facts of any claimant to any interests in any nindagama land from proceedings against such claimant, either for the recovery of damages or for the recovery of the land or any share or interests in the land awarded to such claimant by any award referred to in the preceding provisions of this section. |