Amendment of section 38

In section 38 of the principal Act, with effect from the 1st January, 2000,— (a) for sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:— "(1) If the Director feels that the Town and Country Development Authority has failed to perform its duties or has failed to perform its duties in accordance with the provisions of this Act or has exceeded its powers, he may, after giving reasonable opportunity to the Town and Country Development Authority to show cause, dissolve the Authority."; (b) in sub-section (1), after the proviso, the following sub-sections shall be inserted and shall be deemed to have been inserted, namely:— "(1-a) The Authority, before dissolution under sub-section (1), may be given time for the completion of incomplete works or for the purpose of removing irregularities. (c) In clauses (a), (b), (c) (dend) of sub-section (1), the word "Government" wherever it occurs, the word "Director" shall be substituted. After clause (d) of sub-section (1), the following clauses shall be inserted, namely:— (e) the Director may, by order, appoint an Administrator for the Authority, who shall be capable to perform the function of the Authority; (f) if the Director is satisfied, that the functions of the Authority are not being performed properly, he may, by order, assign the functions of the Authority to any other officer or body; (g) the officer or body appointed under clause (1-e) shall perform the functions as the Authority until the new Authority is constituted."; (1-h) "(1-h) In case of dissolution of the Authority, the Director shall make such arrangements for the management of the assets and liabilities of the dissolved Authority as he deems fit, and he shall issue instructions for the same, and the property of the Authority shall vest in the Director until the new Authority is constituted."; (1-i) "(1-i) The order of the Director issued under sub-section (1-a), (1-e) or (1-f) shall be binding on the Authority."; (2) for sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:— "(2) The Director may, for the performance of the duties of the Authority, take such steps as he may deem necessary, and the expenses incurred in such performance shall be paid by the Authority within the period specified by the Director."