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Nindagama Lands Act (No. 30 of 1968) - Sect 6

Claim for an award as to title in respect of any nindagama land and reference of such claim to the Board

6.
(1) After the appointed date, any new owner of any nindagama land who desires to have his title as such owner registered shall, before the expiration of the prescribed period after that date, make a written claim for an award as to title in respect of that land to the Board through the competent authority for the district in which that land is situated.
(2) Regulations may be made under this Act-
(a) prescribing-
(i) the form in which any claim for an award as to title may be made to the Board, and the particulars that shall be specified in that form, and
(ii) the documents which shall be forwarded along with such claim;
(b) providing for all such other matters as may be necessary in relation to the making of such claim; and
(c) providing for the appointment by a competent authority, either of his own motion or on application made by or on behalf of any person, of a fit and proper person to be the agent of such person, if such authority is satisfied that such person is entitled to make a claim for an award as to title in respect of any nindagama land and is a minor or a person of unsound mind.


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