District Planning Area.—For the purposes of this Act, the area of a District in the — ACT 9 OF 2016

District Planning Area.—For the purposes of this Act, the area of a District in the

12. District Planning Area.—For the purposes of this Act, the area of a District in the State, shall be deemed to be the District Planning Area. 13 . 4 [District Planning Committee and the Spatial Perspective Plan for the District].— 5 [(1) The District Planning Committee constituted by the Government under section 53 of the Kerala Municipality Act, 1994 (20 of 1994) shall prepare or get prepared, the Spatial Perspective Plan for the district as a whole, which shall be the spatial component of the draft Development Plan for the district envisaged under section 53 of the Kerala Municipality Act, 1994 (20 of 1994) and exercise such other functions as assigned to it under this Act.] (2) The district level officer of the 6 [Local Self Government Department (Planning)] of the Government shall render necessary technical assistance to the District Planning Committee in matters relating to Spatial Planning, and the district office of the 7 [Local Self Government Department (Planning)] shall function as the Spatial Planning Wing of the District Planning Committee.

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