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| (1) All State lands situated in the Area of Authority of the Board vested in such Board on the day immediately prior to the appointed date, and not vested in each such local authority by this law are with effect from that date hereby vested in the State. |
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| (2) Every lease of any State land, whether with or without buildings within the Area of Authority of the Board granted prior to the appointed date and subsisting on that date, shall be deemed to be a lease granted by the Government Agent of the administrative district in which such land is situated, and may be enforced or acted upon as fully and effectually as if such Government Agent had been a party to such lease. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts