Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts Sri Lanka Consolidated ActsGifts of lands required for diversion or enlargement of thorough fare
| 29. If in connection with the turning diversion, widening, opening, enlargement or improvement of any thoroughfare, it becomes necessary for any Pradeshiya Sabha to take possession of the land of any person for public use, and if the person claiming to be the owner of the land desires to make a gift of the land to the Pradeshiya Sabha for such purpose, a record in writing to that effect duly signed by such person in the presence of the Chairman or of a person authorized by the Chairman in writing in that behalf shall be sufficient to vest the land in the Pradeshiya Sabha. No such record shall be deemed to be invalid or of no effect in law by reason only that the requirements of section 2 of the Prevention of Frauds Ordinance have not been complied with as to attestation by a notary public and by witnesses. |