Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts Sri Lanka Consolidated ActsPower of Predeshiya Sabha to acquire adjacent land for owner of land within building limit
| 54. The Pradeshiya Sabha may, at the request of any person whose right to build upon any land abutting upon a road within its limits restricted by the building limit demarcated Up to that road, and who desires to erect a building upon the land, acquire for such owner at his expense any land, situate at the rear of such first-mentioned land and of sufficient extent to afford him building facilities of the same nature as he would have enjoyed but for such restriction. All lands required for any such purpose shall be deemed to be required for a public purpose; and the provisions of section 53 shall apply to the valuation of such land. |