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the Karnataka Industries (Facilitation) Act, 2002 (Karnataka Act 45 of 200 Hence, the Bill. [L.A. Bill No. 59 of 2025, File No. SAMVYASHAE 65 SHASANA 2025] 14 [Entries 5, 6, 28, 32 of List II and entry 20 of List III of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India] [Published in Karnataka Gazette Extra-ordinary No.577 in part-IVA dated:12.09.2025] 15 XXIV Amendment Act 67 of 2025:- It is considered necessary to further amend the Karnataka Town and Country Planning Act, 1961 (Karnataka Act 11 of 1963), the Karnataka Urban Development Authorities Act, 1987 (Karnataka Act 34 of 1987) and the Mysuru Development Authorities Act, 2024 (Karnataka Act 39 of 2025) to make provisions for the establishment of the Commissionerate, appointment of Commissioner and to specify the powers and duties of the Commissioner, as the office of the Director of Town and Country Planning has been renamed as the Commissionerate of Urban Development Authorities and Town and Country Planning vide Government Order No: UDD: 212 NAYOSE 2023 Dated: 7.11.2023 and to make provisions in the Karnataka Town and Country Planning Act, 1961 for the Greater Bengaluru Authority to act as a Planning Authority. Hence, the Bill. [L.A. Bill No. 55 of 2025, File No. SAMVYASHAE 61 SHASANA 2025] [Entry 5 of List II of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India] [Published in Karnataka Gazette Extra-ordinary No.588 in part-IVA dated:12.09.2025] 16 1 [KARNATAKA ACT]1 No. 11 OF 1963 (First published in the 1[Karnataka Gazette]1 on the Twenty-eighth day of March, 1963.) THE 1[KARNATAKA]1 TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT, 1961 (Received the assent of the President on the Eighth day of March, 1963.) (As amended by Karnataka Acts 14 of 1964, 2 of 1968, 12 of 1976, 39 of 1985, 34 of 1987, 2 & 17 of 1991, 8 of 1994, 18 of 2003, 23 of 2004, 1 of 2005, 1 of 2007, 2 of 2007, 6 of 2012 , 57 of 2013, 67 of 2013, 10 of 2014, 38 of 2015 ,25 of 2020 ,34 of 2020, 46 of 2020,47 of 2020, 31 of 2021, 39 of 2025 and 61 of 2025 and 67 of 2025) An Act to provide for the regulation of planned growth of land use and development and for the making and execution of town planning schemes in the 1[State of Karnataka]1. WHEREAS it is necessary and expedient,— (i) to create conditions favourable for planning and replanning of the urban and rural areas in the 1[State of Karnataka]1, with a view to providing full civic and social amenities for the people in the State, (ii) to stop uncontrolled development of land due to land speculation and profiteering in land, (iii) to preserve and improve existing recreational facilities and other amenities contributing towards balanced use of land; and (iv) to direct the future growth of populated areas in the State, with a view to ensuring desirable standards of environmental health and hygiene, and creating facilities for the orderly growth of industry and commerce, thereby promoting generally standards of living in the State; AND WHEREAS in order to ensure that town planning schemes are made in a proper manner and their execution is made effective, it is necessary to provide that a local authority shall prepare a development plan for the entire area within its jurisdiction; AND WHEREAS it is necessary and expedient to consolidate and amend the law relating to town planning for the aforesaid and other purposes hereinafter appearing; BE it enacted by the 1[Karnataka State]1 Legislature in the Twelfth Year of the Republic of India as follows:—