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) Notwithstanding anything contained in any judgment, decree or order of any court, the areas situated beyond the limits of the Municipal Corporation, Indore, included 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 13th February 1974 shall be deemed to be valid and to have always been valid and accordingly all actions taken or things done 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 in accordance with law and shall always be deemed to have been done in accordance with law. (4) Nothing in this Act shall apply to— (a) the lands vested in or under the control of any cantonment authority under the Cantonments Act, 1924 (No. 2 of 1924) ; (b) the lands owned, leased or requisitioned by the Central Government for the purposes of the Navy, Army and Air Force or for the purposes of any other Defence establishment; (c) the lands under the control of the Railway Administration for the purpose of construction and maintenance of works under Chapter III of the Indian Railways Act, 1890 (No. 9 of 1890).