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Amendment of section 13.- In section 13 of the principal Act, (i) in sub-section (1), after clause (g), the following shall be inserted, namely:- “(h) on receipt of combined application form from the manufacturing industries or enterprises, the respective nodal agency shall issue an acknowledgment certificate, after obtaining the approval by the investment committees, namely State High Level Clearance Committee, State Level Single Window Clearance Committee or District Level Single Window Clearance Committee, in the prescribed form, to the applicant: Provided that, land shall be considered for the purpose for which it is being acquired or permission for which it is applied for.” (ii) after sub-section (2), the following shall be inserted, namely:- “(3) In respect of manufacturing industry or manufacturing enterprise, the acknowledgement certificate issued under clause (h) of sub-section (1) shall deemed to be the clearances for setting up or establishment of Industry as defined in sub-section (iii) of section 2, granted or issued by the respective departments for an initial period of three years or till the date of commencement of commercial operations, whichever is earlier, from the date of its acknowledgement: Provided that, such deemed clearance for setting up of Industry shall be only to the Land for the purpose for which it is being acquired or permission is applied for. Further, there shall not be any deviation in construction with reference to the building bye-law and to the land use specified in any applicable Act or the master plan, wherever such plan is in force. Provided further that, the approvals shall not entitle the manufacturing industry or manufacturing enterprise to use a land without clear title or lands falling under dispute, restricted categories etc.,. The ceiling limit of area that can be acquired or utilized under the provisions of this Act shall be limited as per the provisions under section 109 of the Karnataka Land Reforms Act, 1961(Karnataka Act 10 of 1962). Explanation: Where the manufacturing industry or manufacturing enterprise establishes as per sub-section (3), the applicant has to take necessary clearances as per sub-sections (2) and (3) of section 14, before commencement of commercial operation. (4) To assist various administrative or line departments whose powers are devolved upon the nodal agency under various legislations, Acts, rules or regulations for obtaining the approvals and monitoring the implementation of the project. (5) To monitor and maintain the record of the applications or proposals and acknowledgement certificate issued. (6) The state level nodal agency to maintain the database of all the project applications, 16 approvals or acknowledgements as a central repository through the online systems. Explanation: List of services, approvals or clearances that are required to be brought under the purview of acknowledgement certificate shall be considered as clearances by the departments for an initial period of three years or till the date of commencement of commercial operation, whichever is earlier for manufacturing industry or manufacturing enterprise. The list of the services, approvals or clearances shall include clearances as defined in clause (iii) of section 2.