Short title, extent, commencement and application

(1) This Act may be called the Madhya Pradesh Town and Country Planning Act, 1973. (2) It extends to the whole of Madhya Pradesh. (3) It shall come into force at once. (i) Notwithstanding anything contained in any judgment, decree or order of any court, the inclusion of areas situated beyond the limits of Municipal Corporation, Indore, in the Indore Planning Area, constituted under sub-section (1) of section 13 of the principal Act by the Madhya Pradesh Government, Town and Country Planning Department notification No. 515-F-I-20-33-73, dated the 13th February, 1974, shall be deemed to be valid and shall always be deemed to have been valid and accordingly all such acts, things or proceedings done or taken by the Government or by any officer of the Government or by any other authority in connection with the enforcement of the provisions of the principal Act or any other law for the time being in force in the said planning area, shall for all purposes be deemed to have been done or taken in accordance with law, and shall always be deemed to have been done or taken in accordance with law. (4) Nothing in this Act shall apply to— (a) lands vested in or under the control of any Cantonment Board under the Cantonments Act, 1924 (No. 2 of 1924); (b) lands owned, leased or requisitioned by the Central Government for the purposes of the Navy, Army or Air Force; (c) lands under the control of Railway Administration for the purpose of construction and maintenance of works under Chapter III of the Indian Railways Act, 1890 (No. 9 of 1890).