MASTER PLANS FOR LOCAL PLANNING AREAS — ACT 9 OF 2016

6 [MASTER PLANS FOR LOCAL PLANNING AREAS] Local Planning Area.—From the date of commencement of this Act, the area under the jurisdiction of a Municipal Corporation, Municipal Council, Town Panchayat or Village Panchayat shall be deemed to be a Local Planning Area, for the purposes of this Act. 29. Variations in the Local Planning Area.—(1) In case the Government vary the area of jurisdiction of a Municipal Corporation, Municipal Council or Town Panchayat as provided under Section 4 of the Kerala Municipality Act, 1994 or of a Village Panchayat as provided under Section 4 of the Kerala Panchayat Raj Act, 1994, as the case may be, the Local Planning Area shall stand modified accordingly. (2) The Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, direct that all or any of the rules, regulations, bye-laws, orders and directions made or issued and powers conferred and in force in a Local Planning Area at the time, with such exceptions, adaptations and modifications as may be considered necessary by the Government, shall 1 2 Substituted by Act 33 of 2021 (w.e.f. 25.02.2021). Substituted by Act 33 of 2021 (w.e.f. 25.02.2021).

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