LARKANA DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (REVIVAL AND AMENDING) ACT 2009 SINDH ACT NO.VIII 0F 2009

 PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY OF SINDH

N O T I  F I  C A T I  O N

Karachi, the 31st October, 2009.

NO. PAS/LEGIS-B-13/2009-       The Larkana Development Authority (Revival and Amending) Bill,   2009 having been passed by the Provincial Assembly of Sindh on 9th   October, 2009 and assented to by the Governor of Sindh on 24th October, 2009 is hereby published as an Act of the Legislature of Sindh.

  

THE LARKANA DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (REVIVAL AND AMENDING) ACT 2009

SINDH ACT NO.VIII 0F 2009

(First published after having received the assent of the Governor of Sindh in the Gazette of Sindh (Extra- Ordinary) dated 31st October, 2009).

AN ACT

to revive and amend the law relating to the Larkana Development Authority.

Preamble WHEREAS   in order to give impetus and encourage the housing industry and provide shelter to the people of the Province, it is expedient to revive and amend the Larkana Development Authority Act, 1994, in the manner hereinafter appearing;

It is hereby enacted as follows:-

1. Short title and commencement      (1) This Act may be called the Larkana Development

Authority (Revival and Amending) Act, 2009.

(2) It shall come into force at once and shall be deemed to have taken effect on and from 24th October, 2007

2. Revival and amendments of Larkana Development Authority             The Larkana Development Authority, Act, 1994,  shall stand revived on and from 1st  day of July, 2002, as if it was never repealed and on such revival, shall stand amended as under:-

1.   Through out the Act, for the words “Larkana Division”, the words “District Larkana”, for the words “Local Council”, the words “Zila Council”, and for the word “Commissioner”, the words and bracket “Executive District Officer (Revenue)”, for        the   word   “Collector”   and   the   words   “Deputy Commissioner”, the words “District Officer (Revenue)”, for the word “urban”, the word “certain” and for the words “local authority”, “local council”, “local authority or body”, and for the words “local council or body”, the words “local Government” as defined under section 2 of the Sindh Local Government Ordinance, 2001, shall be substituted.

2.   In section 2-

(a)     after clause (f), the following new clauses shall be inserted:-

“(ff) “ consolidation of land” means adjustment of plots in a scheme by way of exchange or otherwise for the purpose of the scheme; and

“(fff)“District” means District as defined under section 2 of the Sindh Local Government Ordinance, 2001.”;

(b)     in clause (n), the semi colon shall be replaced by a full stop; and

(c)    clause (o) shall be omitted.

3.     In section 3, in sub-section (3), the words “or such other place as Government may fix by notification”, shall be omitted.

4.      In section 4, for sub-section (1), the following shall be substituted:-

“(1) The Authority shall consist of-

(a).	Minister, Housing Town Planning and Local Government.	Chairman
(b)	Three Local Members of the Provincial Assembly to be nominated by the Speaker, one of them shall be nominated as Vice Chairman.	Members/ Vice Chairman
(c)	Secretary  Local  Government Department	Member
d)	District  Coordination  Officer, District Government Larkana	Member
(e)	Director General, Larkana Development Authority	Member/ Secretary
(f)	Director General, Public Health Engineering Department.	Member
(g)	Two persons to be nominated by Government	Members

5.  In section 6, for the word “Non-official”, the word “The”

shall be substituted.

6.   In section 9, in sub-section (1), after clause (iii), the following new clause shall be inserted:-

“(iii-a) consolidate any land in such manner as may be prescribed by rules;”.

3. Saving             All orders made, proceedings taken, appointments made, acts done by the authority, or by any person, which were made, taken or done, or purported to have been made, taken or done between the first day of July two thousand two, and the date on which this Act comes into force (both days inclusive), shall notwithstanding any judgment of any court be deemed to be and always to have been validly made, taken or done under the said law and shall not be called in question in any court or

forum on any ground whatsoever.

BY ORDER OF THE SPEAKER PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY OF SINDH

HADI BUX BURIRO SECRETARY

PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY OF SINDH