Mode of acquisition of land for housing accommodation.

The Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act

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Chapter XII A

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(1) Land for the purposes of the foregoing section may be acquired by the Commissioner by agreement upon obtaining the requisite sanction under section 90, or he may, with the sanction of the 1[Improvements Committee], be authorised to acquire land for those purposes by means of a compulsory acquisition order made and submitted to the State Government and confirmed by them in accordance with the provisions of Schedule HH to this Act.
(2) The Commissioner may, with the consent of and subject to any conditions imposed by, the State Government acquire land for the purposes of the foregoing section, notwithstanding that the land is not immediately required for those purposes: Provided that the Commissioner shall not be authorised to acquire any land compulsorily for those purposes unless it appears to the State Government that it is likely to be required for those purposes within ten years from the date on which they confirm the compulsory acquisition order.
(3) The provisions of Schedule GG to this Act shall have effect with respect to the validity and date of operation of a compulsory acquisition order made under this section.
(4) Nothing in this Act shall authorise the compulsory acquisition for the purposes of section 354RM of any land which is the property of Government or of the Trustees of the Port of Bombay or any local authority, or which is the property of any Corporation authorised by law to construct, work and carry on any tramway, gas, electricity, water or other public undertaking and was acquired for the purposes of such Corporation, or which at the date of the compulsory acquisition order forms part of any park, garden or recreation ground.

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