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eLand Registration in Sri Lanka; A pathway for the mother of all scams? By Raj Gonsalkorale   Glory of technology is such that no one will object to introducing technology to land registries.  But will the land owners have their rights protected? We only admire the glory of technology as a duck gliding on water without seeing the paddling underneath. Land owners need to be alerted that their ownership rights may not be available in the land registry By Raj Gonsalkorale eLand registration will soon be operating the land registration system to secure ownership. However, it can be a source of ownership insecurity, without consumer protection laws. The risk involved in the absence of consumer protection laws to protect owners was demonstrated in USA, when New York News Paper prepared a forged deed to transfer the Empire State Building.   The forged document was registered in 90 minutes, the land registry had no laws to protect owners, therefore did ...