Updated to 23 October 2025
			(Act No. 10 of 2025 and S.I. No. 506 of 2025)
			
	
		
		
		Contents
		
		
		Commencement
		
            
            
                | Section | 
                Commencement/Effective Date 
                    Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below. 
                 | 
                Commencement Information | 
            
            
			
			
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						Whole Act | 
					
						30 April 1931 | 
					Commenced on enactment | 
				
			
		
		
		Amendments and other effects
		
			
				
					| How Affected | 
					Affecting Provision | 
					
			
			
			
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						Appl. | 
					38/1933, s.38 (2) | 
					
			
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						S.10 (2) rstrct. | 
					26/1939, s.18 | 
					
			
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						S.13 am. | 
					41/1936, s.11 (2) (4) | 
					
			
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						S.13 (3) appl. | 
					41/1936, s.10 | 
					
			
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						S.14 (2) rstrct. | 
					41/1936, s.31 | 
					
			
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						S.15 am. | 
					41/1936, s.11 (2) (4) | 
					
			
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						S.15 (2) appl. | 
					41/1936, s.10 | 
					
			
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						Ss. 18, 19 am. | 
					41/1936, s.11 (2) (4) | 
					
			
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						Ss. 18, 19 appl. | 
					41/1936, s.10 | 
					
			
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						S.18 am. | 
					18/1953, s.4, sch. | 
					
			
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						S.20 am. | 
					41/1936, s.11 (2) (3) (4) | 
					
			
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					18/1953, s.4, sch. | 
					
			
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						Ss. 20, 21 appl. | 
					41/1936, s.10 | 
					
			
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						S.21 rstrct. | 
					26/1939, s.10 (2) | 
					
			
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						S.21 (1) rep. | 
					38/1933, s.54 (2) | 
					
			
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						S.21 (3) rep., provns. substit. | 
					26/1939, s.10 | 
					
			
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						S.21 (4) (b) am. | 
					41/1936, s.11 (3) (4) | 
					
			
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					18/1953, s.4, sch. | 
					
			
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						Ss. 23, 24 rstrct. | 
					41/1936, s.32 | 
					
			
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						S.25 am. | 
					18/1953, s.20 | 
					
			
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						S.28 rep. | 
					24/2005, ss. 12 (b), 13 (3) | 
					
			
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						S.28, declaration as to cert. power under. | 
					2/1965, s.23 | 
					
			
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						Ss. 29 (c), 33 rstrct. | 
					26/1939, s.35 (6) | 
					
			
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						Ss. 30 (3), 31 rep. | 
					16/1964, ss. 2, 5, sch. | 
					
			
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						S.34, applic. of. | 
					2/1965, s.16 (2) | 
					
			
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						S.35 am. | 
					2/1965, s.32 (1) | 
					
			
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					24/1984, s.10 (1) | 
					
			
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						S.35 appl. | 
					38/1933, s.52 | 
					
			
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						S. 35(3)(a) am. | 
					24/2010, ss. 1(2), 168 and schedule, pt. 3, item 1 | 
					
			
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						S.36 rstrct. | 
					38/1933, s.30 (5) | 
					
			
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						S.36 (3) (4) am. | 
					26/1939, s.11 | 
					
			
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						S.38 ext. | 
					26/1939, s.56 | 
					
			
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						S.38 (2) am. | 
					2/1965, s.32 (2) | 
					
			
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					24/1984, s.10 (1) | 
					
			
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						S.39 am. | 
					2/1965, s.33 | 
					
			
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						S.39 ext. | 
					2/1965, s.20 | 
					
			
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						S.39 (4) am. | 
					24/1984, s.10 (1) | 
					
			
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						S.41 appl. | 
					26/1939, s.50 | 
					
			
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					18/1953, s.15 (2) | 
					
			
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						S.43 appl. | 
					26/1939, s.39 (5) | 
					
			
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						S.44 am. | 
					38/1933, s.42 | 
					
			
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					41/1936, s.43 | 
					
			
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					26/1939, ss. 47-49 | 
					
			
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					16/1950, ss. 21 (1), 23 (1) (2) | 
					
			
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						S.44 (in pt.) appl. | 
					41/1936, s.37 (4) | 
					
			
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						S.44 (3) rstrct. | 
					26/1939, s.37 (2) | 
					
			
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						S.45 rstrct. | 
					3/1945, s.36 | 
					
			
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						S.46 ext. | 
					3/1945, s.36 (2) | 
					
			
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						S.48 ext. | 
					41/1936, s.7 (3) | 
					
			
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						S.49 appl. | 
					38/1933, s.49 | 
					
			
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						S.51 rep. | 
					41/1936, s.12 | 
					
			
		
		
		SIs made under the Act
		
			| Section | SIs made under the Act | 
			
			
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						S. 53 | 
					Land (Finance) (No. 2) Rules 1956 (S.I. No. 335 of 1956) | 
				
			
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					Land (Finance) Rules, 1956 (S.I. No. 83 of 1956) |