Preparation of Existing Land Use Map and Register

The Authority shall, after the declaration of the development area under section 21, prepare an Existing Land Use Map and Land Use Register in the prescribed form indicating the present use of every piece of land in the development area, as the case may be: Provided that if a local authority has been appointed as the development authority for any development area and such local authority has prepared a Map or a Register, or both, in respect of the said area before the application of this Act to that area, the Map or the Register so prepared shall be deemed to be a Map or Register under this section.