Application.

Nothing in this Act shall apply to— (a) lands owned by the Government; or (b) rights created by the Administrator General, Official Trustee or Official Receiver; or (c) buildings rented out including houses, shops or ware-houses and the sites thereof together with the gardens or lands appurtenant thereto. Explanation.—For the purpose of this clause a hut which is a Kudiyiruppu shall not be deemed to be a building; or (d) lands or buildings or both given on lease for industrial or commercial purposes; or (e) lands transferred for felling timber or for planting tea, coffee, rubber or any other special crop prescribed by a rule or order made by the Government or the erection of any building for the purpose of or ancillary to the cultivation of PBN-2/42/2025such crop or the preparation of the same for the market.