Land Settlement (Amendment) Act (No. 23 of 1996)

Land Settlement (Amendment) Act, No. 23 of 1996 [Certiiled on 2%nd August, 19961 ;L..D.-G. SO!95 .,f ACT T O AMEND THE LATU’D SETTLmNT @IDTpJANc'E, m PROVIDE FOR REVISION OR G’INCELLATICX 02 ~CTlLSMENT 02D?:::,iS ; AND TO PR37122 FOR MATTERS CONKE:CTED THEREWITH OR INCI.DENTAL THERETO, BE it enacted by the Parliament of the Democratic Sociti Hepublic oi’ Sri Lanka as follows :-1. This Act may be cited as the Land Settlement 6hort title. ~ (Anlendi~~ent) Act, NO. 23 of P9%. 2. ‘j&j Land Settlement Ordinance (i-liereir,a P’Eer referr& :fmsmAF$nt 30 as *‘ tile. p-iIlc:p;li enactLncnt “) is hereby amended by 5 inL &he insertion, immediately after subsection (‘7) of section8 Chapter e thereof? of the following new subsection :-“ (8) Where-( u) a person makes a claim to any land qMf3ed in a settlement notice or to a share of, OP interest in, any such land, at any time after the expiration of the period of three months specified in such notice and the further period, if any, prescribed by the proviso to subsection (1) of section 5, but prior to the publication under section 8, of the Order prescribed by subsection (5) of section 3, embodying the settlement of the land speci-fied in the settlement notice or any share of, or interest in, such land ; and (b) the settlement officer is satisfied that the claimant had reasonable grounde for failing to make such claim within such period of three months and such further period if any, tie settlement officer may, notwithstanding any-thing in this Ordinance, entertain, and deal. with such claim as though it had been made within time, and in such case, it shall be lawful for the settle-ment officer for the purpose of dealing with su& claim to declare, after hearing the other claimants, any declaration made by him under subsection (1) or (4) of section 5 or any agreement entered into by him under subsection (4) of section 5 to be null and void. “. 9-D 0405'77-7,340 ('S/06)