Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts Sri Lanka Consolidated ActsSubdivision of divisions into village areas. [ 4, 60 of 1938.]
| 3. Every divisional revenue officer's division or part thereof brought within the operation of this Ordinance shall be subdivided into village areas consisting of one or more villages or groups of villages in such manner as the Minister may, by Order published in the Gazette, appoint: Provided that, where, in the opinion of the Minister1, it is unnecessary that any such division or part thereof should be subdivided in manner afore said, the Minister1 may, if he thinks fit, by Order1 published in the Gazette, declare that such division or part thereof shall not be subdivided, and in such case such division or part thereof shall be deemed to be a village area within the meaning of this Ordinance. |