Amendment of section 20.

4. In section 20 of the principal Act,— (i) for sub-section (1), the following shall be substituted, namely,— "(1) If any person holding land for any purpose wishes to divert such land or any part thereof to any other purpose, he shall apply for permission to the competent authority which may, with the prior approval of the Government and subject to the provisions of this section and to the rules made under this Act, refuse permission or grant it on such conditions, if any, as may be directed by the Government."; (ii) the words "by the competent authority" occurring in sub-section (2) shall be deleted; (iii) for the words "one hundred" occurring in sub-sections (4) and (5), the following words "one thousand" shall be substituted.