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Repeal and savings. * * * * STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS Act 16 of 1985.- In view of the increasing demand for residential and commercial sites in the urban areas, a number of Parks, Play-fields and open spaces are being converted into sites and for other such uses. In order to provide necessary space for recreation to the residents of each locality it is necessary to preserve parks, play- fields and open spaces and to put an end to the practice of converting such lands into other uses. Hence this Bill. (Published in the Karnataka Gazette (Extraordinary) Part IV-2A, dated 20-3-1985 as No. 154 at page 11.) * * * 2 KARNATAKA ACT NO. 16 OF 1985 (First published in the Karnataka Gazette Extraordinary on the Eighth day of May, 1985) THE KARNATAKA PARKS, PLAY-FIELDS AND OPEN SPACES (PRESERVATION AND REGULATION) ACT, 1985 (Received the assent of the Governor on the Seventh day of May, 1985) An Act, to provide for the preservation and regulation of Parks, Play-fields and Open Spaces in the State of Karnataka. WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for preservation and regulation of Parks, Play-fields and Open Spaces in the State of Karnataka; BE it enacted by the Karnataka State Legislature in the Thirty-Sixth year of the Republic of India as follows;-