Bare Act
The Bombay Queen Victoria Statute Site (and Adjoining Land Utilization for Construction of Satellite Telecommunications Exchanges of the Overseas Communications Service) Act, 1968
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This Act facilitates the transfer of the former Queen Victoria statue site and adjacent land in Bombay from the Municipal Corporation of Greater Bombay to the State Government. Its primary purpose was to enable the construction of Satellite Telecommunications Exchanges for the Overseas Communications Service. The Act revokes existing trusts over the land, mandates compensation to the Corporation, and grants the State Government authority to override local municipal and town planning regulations to expedite this infrastructure project. It essentially prioritizes national telecommunications development over local land use restrictions, ensuring the land is legally cleared for government use.
- 1. Short title and commencement
- 2. Vesting of Queen Victoria statue site at Bombay and adjoining land in Government, and payment of compensation to Municipal Corporation
- 3. Use of site and land vested in State Government for setting up Satellite Telecommunications Exchanges of the Overseas
- 4. Repeal of Mah. Ord. I of 1968 and saving
- I. THE SCHEDULE
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