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| (1) Where any immovable property is required to be acquired for the purposes of the business of the Central Board or that of any Regional Transport Board and the Minister, by Order published in the Gazette, approves of the proposed acquisition, that property shall be deemed to be required for a public purpose and may accordingly be acquired compulsorily under the Land Acquisition Act and be transferred to the Central board or the Regional Transport Board, as the case may be, |
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| (2) Any sum payable for the acquisition of any immovable property under the Land Acquisition Act for the Central Board or any Regional Transport Board shall be paid by the Central Board or the Regional Transport Board, as the case may be. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts