This Haryana Municipal Common Lands (Regulation) Act, 1974 (No.

The ownership of the foreshore and sea-bed vests in the Crown, subject to the public rights of: (a) navigation and fishing, and (b) of passing over the foreshore, and to any private rights that may exist in or over the foreshore or the sea-bed. The Minister may by notice, after consultation with landowners, designate a foreshore of an island or islet or any part thereof. No person shall remove from a designated foreshore any sand, gravel, reef mud, coral, rock or other like substance without first having obtained from the Chief Lands Officer a licence for that purpose.

The Act consists of 34 sections divided into 5 Parts: Preliminary (I); Establishment, Membership and Procedure of Land Planning Boards (II); Land Use Plans (III); Development Control and Appeals (IV); General (V).A Central Land Planning Board is established under section 4. The Central Board may with the approval of the Minister by notice designate any area for the purposes of this Ordinance. There is hereby established for each designated area a local land planning board.

This Act provides for the establishment of the Land Development Authority as a body corporate. It shall be the duty of the Authority to promote and assist the investigation, formation and carrying out of projects for the development, improvement and settlement of land. The Authority may establish a reserve fund. The Authority may make rules not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act.

This Act concerns the development of tenantries, i.e. an area of land, including public land, subdivided before a specified date into lots for letting for specified purposes. “Tenantry” does not include land adjoining the foreshore. The Minister may design tenantries for purposes of this Act, but only if there are not sufficient on the tenantry including water supply and sewage disposal. The Act sets out the procedure for the approval of development requests.

The Act empowers the planning authorities to prepare development plans in order to ensure sustainable development of land. This Act shall apply to any area designated by the Minister by Notice in the Gazette. The Act establishes the Town and Country Planning Board. The Planning Authority shall prepare a development plan in respect of any area to which this Act applies. Permission of the Minister shall be required group of land or building uses which may be prescribed by Order of the Minister.

This Act grants powers to Parish Councils to abate nuisances such as dangerous buildings and structures on private land and holds the owner of such land to be liable for the payment of the costs of such operation. The Council may, in case the nuisance is not abated, apply to court for a conditional sale of the land upon which the nuisance exists. The Act sets out the procedure for sale of such land. The Act also provides for an absolute order for sale and the certification of a nuisance.

This Ordinance provides for the establishment of the Chittagong Development Authority and defines its internal organization and its functions.The Authority shall, in two years time, prepare and submit to the Government a Master Plan for the Municipality stating how the land should be used, including waterworks. Following approval, development and improvement programs for those areas shall be submitted to the government, complete with time scheduling and budgeting. The land so allocated shall not be destined to uses other than those approved under the program.

In this Act "land development" means any act done to soil or land in order to increase its richness or quality, or to increase agricultural produce, and includes the improvement of soil or land which lacks natural fertility or lacks fertility due to its utilisation, and soil and water conservation to maintain natural balance or for suitable utilisation of land for agriculture. There shall be a committee called the "Land Development Committee" composed of ministers and Government officers.

This Act, among other things, redefines "acts of development", amends provisions relative to community areas agreements and inserts various new sections. Section 72A provides for the designation of areas in development plans for purposes of protection of woodlands, beaches, arable lands, caves, and habitats, and other natural features. A development plan may appoint also "historic areas" under section 29A. The new section 31A provides for agreements relative to the development or use of land between the Minister and persons having an interest in the land in question.

There is established a Physical Planning and Development Board which shall institute and maintain a study of town and country planning, prepare land use plans, and control development. The National Plan and every Regional and Local Plan shall be prepared in accordance with sections 8 and 9. No person shall carry out any development except under and in accordance with the conditions of a grant of permission issued by the Board (sect. 11). The Board may issue Enforcement Orders under section 13, Waste Orders under section 14, and Tree Preservation Orders under section 15.

Cette loi porte code de l'urbanisme et de l'habitat. Elle est formée de 142 articles répartis en 4 titres, à savoir: Autorités chargées de l'urbanisme et de l'habitat (I); Plans directeurs d'urbanisme et de détail (II); Lotissements (III) et Autorisation de construire (IV).