Section 79Power to acquire and dispose of land

s. 79

79. Power to acquire and dispose of land [(1) The Kartripakkha may, for carrying out of the purposes of this Act, acquire, by purchase, lease, exchange or otherwise, any land or interest in land and dispose of, by sale, lease, exchange or otherwise, such land or any interest in such land. (2) The acquisition of any land or interest in land for the Kartripakkha under this section, or for any scheme under this Act, shall be deemed to be an acquisition for a public purpose within the meaning of the Acquisition and Requisition of Immovable Property Ordinance, 1982 (II of 1982), and the provisions of the said Ordinance shall apply to all such proceedings.]

1. 49. Section 79 was substituted by section 22 of the Town Improvement (Amendment) Act, 1987 (Act No. XXIX of 1987)