14. On the conclusion of the investigation in terms of section 13. the Commissioner of Title Settlement shall publish in the Gazette, his determination thereon as follows :"
| (a) where the Commissioner of Title Settlement is of the view that a claimant to a land parcel has a title of Absolute Ownership, he shall declare such claimant eligible to be registered with a First Class Title of Absolute Ownership ; |
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| (b) where the Commissioner of Title Settlement is of the view that a claimant does not qualify for a First Class Title of Absolute Ownership but the claimant is in bonafide possession of the land parcel, he may declare the claimant eligible to be registered with a Second Class Title of Ownership with the right, at the end of a period of uninterrupted and unchallenged possession of ten years from the date of registration in such capacity, to have such Second Class Title converted to a registration with First Class Title of Absolute Ownership ; |
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| (c) where the Commissioner of Title Settlement is of the view that the claimant has established a claim to a part of the land parcel claimed he shall declare the claimant eligible to be registered with a First Class Title of Absolute Ownership or a Second Class Title of Ownership, as the case may be, to a divided portion of such parcel ; |
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| (d) where the Commissioner of Title Settlement is of the view that it is not possible to recognise one or more of such claims without reducing the extent of a divided portion of a land parcel below the prescribed economic unit, he shall declare all such claimants who have a valid claim to such parcel, eligible for registration as co-owners of such parcel with a title of co-ownership to the extent of the individual claimant's co-ownership. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts