Jayawardhana V. The Assistant

1946 Present: Wijeyewardene J.

JAYAWARDHANA, Appellant, and THE ASSISTANT

GOVERNMENT AGENT, PUTTALAM, Respondent.

215-M. C. Puttalam, 33,019.

Land Development Ordinance-Order of ejectment-Requirement of registration in case of lands given on permit-Death of permit holder-Does not effect ?cancellation? of permit-Land Development Ordinance ( Cap. 320 ), ss. 58 (1), 106-118, 120, 125.

The provisions of section 58 (1) and the allies sections of the Land Development Ordinance in which reference is made to the necessity for registration refer only to lands alienated by grant under the Ordinance and not to lands given on a permit.

There is nothing in the provisions of sections 106-118 of the Land Development Ordinance to indicate that the death of a permit holder effects a ?cancellation? of the permit within the meaning of Chapter IX of the Ordinance.

APPEAL against an order of ejectment made by the Magistrate of Puttalam under section 125 of the Land Development Ordinance (Cap. 320).
   
               Walter Jayewardene for the accused, appellant.

               A. C. Alles, C. C., for the Crown.

Cur. Adv. Vult.

March 26, 1946

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