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The Town Improvement Act, 1953 (East Bengal Act)

( ACT NO. XIII OF 1953 )

Chapter III

IMPROVEMENT SCHEMES AND RE-HOUSING SCHEMES

Preparation of Master Plan by the Kartripakkha
73. (1) As soon as may be after the provisions of the Act comes into force, the Kartripakkha shall prepare a Master Plan for the area within its jurisdiction indicating the manner in which it proposes that land should be used (whether by carrying out thereon of development or otherwise) and the stages by which any such development should be carried out.
 
 
 
 
(2) The Master Plan shall include such maps and such descriptive matter as may be necessary to illustrate the proposals aforesaid with such degree of particularity as may be appropriate, between different parts of the area, and any such plan may, in particular, define the sites of proposed roads, public and other buildings and works, or fields, parks, pleasure-grounds and other open spaces or allocate areas of land for use for agricultural, residential, industrial or other purposes of any class specified in the Master Plan.
 
 
 
 
(3) The Government shall, within one month from the receipt of the Master Plan from the Kartripakkha, publish the same in the official Gazette.
 
 
 
 
(4) Any person objecting to the plan or part thereof shall file objection with the Government within sixty days from the date of the publication of the plan.
 
 
 
 
(5) The Government after considering the objections that may be filed, shall approve the Master Plan within four months from the date of publication either with or without modification.

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