2. The Land Acquisition Act, shall, in its application for the purpose of the acquisition of any uncultivated land in the area specified in the Schedule to this Act, have effect as if-
(a) in section 46 of that Act,-
| | (i) for the words " market value of that land,", occurring in paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of that section, there were substituted the words " market value of that land on the day immediately preceding October 1, 1957, being the date of the commencement of the Walawe Ganga Irrigation Development Scheme, ", and | | |
| | (ii) for the words " market value of that servitude, ", occurring in paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of that section, there were substituted the words "market value of that servitude on the day specified in paragraph (a) of this subsection,"; and | | |
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(b) in section 48 of that Act, for the words and figure " after the notice under section 4 in respect of the land was given or exhibited ", occurring in paragraph (f) of that section, there were substituted the words and figures "on or after October 1, 1957,". |
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