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National Land Code (Revised - 2020) · Updated to 15 Oct 2020 · Chapter 1 · Property in land and powers of disposal
49. Effect of advance or retreat of sea, etc.
Feedback & supportWhere the shoreline or the bed of any river advance so as to encroach on any alienated land, the area affected by the encroachment shall thereupon cease to form part of that land, and shall become State land; but the boundaries of alienated land shall not (except in the circumstances mentioned in paragraph (ii) of the proviso to subsection 353(2)) be affected by any retreat of the shoreline or of the bed of any river.