THE KARNATAKA TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2020
KARNATAKA ACT 46 OF 2020
(First published in the Karnataka Gazette Extra-ordinary on the 20th day of October, 2020)
(Received the assent of the Governor on the 19th day of October, 2020)
An Act further to amend the Karnataka Town and Country Planning Act, 1961.
Whereas it is expedient further to amend the Karnataka Town and Country Planning Act, 1961 (Karnataka Act 11 of 1963) for the purposes hereinafter appearing:
Be it enacted by the Karnataka State Legislature in the seventy first year of the Republic of India, as follows:-
1. Short title and commencement.- (1) This Act may be called the Karnataka Town and Country Planning (Amendment) Act, 2020.
(2) It shall come into force at once.
2. Amendment of section 14-A.- In the Karnataka Town and Country Planning Act, 1961 (Karnataka Act 11 of 1963) in section 14A after sub-section (2) the following shall be inserted, namely:-
"(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, whenever any land is procured by the Planning Authority, Local Authority, Karnataka Housing Board, Karnataka Slum Development Board, Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board, Karnataka Small Scale Industries Development Corporation or Rajiv Gandhi Rural Housing Corporation Limited for any public purpose, the land use of such land, excluding lands reserved under clauses (b), (c) and (f) of sub-section (1) of section 12 shall be deemed to be the land use for the purpose for which it has been procured.
(4) The Planning Authority shall levy such fee as may be prescribed by the Government before allowing such change of land use from the Master Plan."
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