Section No :  
1980 Revised version
TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING
Marginal Notes
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Town and Country Planning Ordinance.
2. Scope of planning schemes.
3. Constitution of Central
4. Duties of Central Planning Commission.
5. Appointment of Director, Town and country Planning, &c.
6. Urban development areas.
7. Trunk road development areas.
8. Regional development areas.
9. Planning authorities,
10. Executive authorities.
11. Executive authorities in relation to roads.
12. Constitution of Regional Planning Committees.
13. Transaction of business by Regional Committees.
14. Dissolution of Regional Committees.
15. Expenses of Regional Committees.
16. Expenditure on preparation of schemes for urban development
17. Expenses of Director of Highways.
18. Application for directions to prepare a regional planning scheme.
19. Application for directions to prepare an outline scheme.
20. Application for directions to prepare a detailed scheme.
21. Order for preparation of scheme.
22. Discretion of Minister as to area or land for which outline scheme or detailed scheme is to be prepared.
23. Special provisions for planning of land contiguous to urban development areas.
24. Preparation of draft schemes.
25. Provisional approval of draft scheme.
26. Notice of approval of draft schemes and inspection of scheme.
27. Objections to draft schemes.
28. Sanction of draft scheme by Minister.
29. Restrictions as to approval or sanctioning of draft schemes.
30. Incorporation in outline scheme or detailed scheme of provision contained in regional scheme.
31. Approval of schemes.
32. Coming into operation of planning schemes.
33. Refusal to approve scheme not to prevent preparation new scheme.
34. Application for modification or revocation of planning schemes.
35. Order or decision for modification or revocation, &c, of planning scheme.
36. Preparation of new scheme 10 modify or revoke planning scheme.
37. Coming into operation of decision to revoke any provision in a planning scheme.
38. General provisions as to contents of schemes.
39. Schemes for trunk road development
40. Second Schedule. Provisions in outline schemes.
41. Provisions in detailed schemes.
42. Modification or suspension of other enactments.
43. Provisions of planning schemes to prevail over provisions of subsidiary legislation.
44. Provision directing the use of powers conferred by other written law.
45. Special provisions as to redistribution of land,
46. Interim development orders.
47. Restrictions in respect of interim development.
48. Issue of permits for interim development.
49. Appeal against refusal of permit for interim development.
50. Grant of permit not to affect other written law.
51. Duty of executive authority to executive provisions in schemes.
52. Powers exercisable by executive authorities.
53. Conditions relating to exercise of powers conferred by section 52.
54. Redistribution of land.
55. Permits for execution, alteration. &c, of structures and for execution of works in connexion with roads.
56. Application of other law in execution of schemes.
57. Notification of completion of work by executive authority.
58. Enforcement of provision for acquisition of land.
59. Modification of section 45 (1)of Land Acquisition Act.
60. Modification of section 48 of Land Acquisition Act.
61. Possession.
62. Funds out of which compensation is payable.
63. Use of acquired properly by executive authority.
64. Right to compensation for injurious affection, &c.
65. Exclusion of compensation In respect of loss consequent upon erection of new structure, change of use, &c.
66. Provisions in planning scheme to exclude compensation for injurious affection.
67. Effect of new schemes on rights to compensation.
68. Making of claims for compensation for injurious affection.
69. Determination of claims for compensation for injurious affection, &c.
70. Payment of compensation in certain cases.
71. Power to recover betterment contribution.
72. Appeal against levy of betterment contribution.
73. Payment of betterment contribution.
74. Returns, information. &c
75. Powers of entry, &c.
76. Power to allow owners or occupiers to execute work on behalf of executive authority.
77. Service of notices , & c
78. Signature of documents issued or served by authorities.
79. Expenditure, &c.
80. Authority for expenditure from funds of local authorities and for imposition of special rate.
81. Regulations.
82. Offences.
83. Offences by officers, & c, of planning authority.
84. Penalty for offences.
85. Interpretation.
86. Ordinance not to apply to land or structures belonging to the State or occupied by the armed forces.
87. Ordinance not to apply to ancient monuments or archaeological reserves.