President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom has today ratified the ‎First ‎Amendment Bill to the ‘Lagan, Derelict, Flotsam and Jetsam Ownership ‎Act’ (Act no: 8/96).‎

The Amendment was passed by the Parliament at the 22nd ‎sitting of its ‎second session, on 12 August 2014. Following ratification, the ‎bill has been ‎published in the Government Gazette.‎