Sri Lanka Land Reclamation and Development Corporation Act, No. 15 of 1968.

This Act provides for the establishment of the Sri Lanka Land Reclamation and Development Corporation for the Development and Reclamation in Accordance with the National Policy Relating to Land Reclamation and Development of Such Areas. The Corporation regulates Construction Work and Consultancy Assignments in the field of Engineering and matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. In particular, where the Minister is satisfied that any area of land is a low-lying, marshy, waste or swampy area and where such land is situated within the Jurisdiction of any local authority, he shall in consultation with the Minister in charge of the subject of Local Government and the local authority or authorities within which such land is situated, or where such land is in an area for which a local authority has not been created but is in an area for which any other authority has been created and established by or under any law, then with the concurrence of the Minister in charge of such authority, by Order published in the Gazette, declare such area to be a Reclamation and Development Area for the purposes of this Act. No person shall without the written approval of the Corporation, fill or develop in any manner whatsoever, any extent of land situated within any area of land declared to be a Reclamation and Development Area under section 2.