14 Acts & Rules · 14.1 MRTP Act 1966: framework

14.1.3 MRTP Act Sections 142–165: prosecution sanction, bar of courts, officers, registration and effect of other laws (s.156)

Chapter IX's closing sections of the MRTP Act deal with how offences are prosecuted and compounded, which court tries them, the status and protection of officers, registration and finality of plans, who exercises a Planning Authority's powers, State control, the overriding effect of the Act (s.156), rules and regulations, and the repeal of the 1954 Act (s.165).

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Key terms

  • section 142 sanction of prosecution
  • section 143 compounding
  • section 144 JMFC
  • section 146 public servant
  • section 147 good faith
  • section 148 registration
  • section 148A exclusion of time
  • section 149 finality
  • section 151 delegation
  • section 152 officers
  • section 154 directives
  • section 156 effect of laws
  • section 157A authentication
  • section 158 rules
  • section 159 regulations
  • Special Development Control Regulations
  • section 162 default powers
  • section 165 repeal

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