Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Inclusion of additional area in draft scheme.— If at any time before a draft scheme is submitted to the Government under section 68, the Planning and Development Authority is of the opinion either on its own motion or on any representation made to it, that an additional area should be included within the said scheme, the Planning and Development Authority may, after informing the Government and giving notice in the Official Gazette and also in one or more local newspapers, include such additional area in the scheme, and thereupon all the provisions of this Act shall apply in relation to such additional area as they apply to any area originally included in the scheme; and the draft scheme shall be prepared for the original area and such additional area.