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| (1) A vesting order, certificate or other record, signed by the persons authorized to make over any property referred to in section 16 and by an officer of the Pradeshiya Sabha authorized to receive or accept such property on behalf of a Pradeshiya Sabha shall be sufficient, and shall be deemed at all times to have been sufficient to vest such property and all rights, title and interest in such property in such Pradeshiya Sabha. |
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| (2) Nothing in section 16 or in the provisions of this section shall be deemed
| | (i) to affect or prejudice any right or title of the state to any such property, or the right of the State at any time to resume or dispose of such property for public purposes; or | | |
| | (ii) to affect or prejudice any right, title or interest which any military or other authority, in which lands are vested an behalf of the State, has or may have in such property; or | | |
| | (iii) to empower the Pradeshiya Sabha to sell or otherwise dispose of any such property otherwise than in accordance with such terms and conditions as may be set out in the aforesaid vesting order, certificate or other record relating to such property; | | |
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| (3) All property vested in Pradeshiya Sabhas shall be administered, and the revenue thereof shall be employed and made use of, for the purposes of this Act. |
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