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(1) Subject to such rules as may be made under this Regulation, the Deputy Commissioner may set apart unoccupied land for the following purposes, namely :- (a) for timber or fuel reserve; (b) for paster or fodder reserve; (c) for burial ground and cremation ground; (d) for keeping cattle; (e) for encamping ground; (f) for threshing floor; (g) for bazaar; (h) for skinning ground; (i) for manure pits; (j) for any public purpose such as schools, playgrounds, parks, roads lanes and draines; (k) for any other purposes which may be prescribed. (2) Lands set apart specially for any purpose mentioned in sub- section (1) shall not otherwise be diverted for any other purpose without the previous sanction of the Deputy Commissioner. (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in this section, if the Deputy Commissioner is satisfied that any unoccupied land set apart for any of the suitable for such purposes mentioned in sub-section (1) is not immediately required or suitable for such purpose, he may allot such land to such person, for such periods and purposes and on such terms and conditions, as may be prescribed. (4) Where any land is allotted under sub-section (3), nothing in Chapter XIII shall apply to the allottee of such land.