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Town expansion sc/zeme.-(1) Whenever the Board is of opinion th at it is"expedient and for the public advantage to control and pro- vi de for the future exFansion or development of the City, the Board may frame a scheme to be called a "town expansion scheme". {2) Such scheme shall ordinarily be framed in respect of an area wholly without the limits of the City, but may, in special circumstances and with the previOus sanction of the Government, be framed in respect of an area wh1ch lies wholly withm, or partly within and partly with• out the City: Provided that the Government shall, before giving their sanction to any such scheme, ~atisfy themselves that a development scheme under ~>eCtiOn 41 in respect of the area would not be suitable. {3) Such scheme shall specify the proposed Jay-out of the area to be developed and the purposes for wh1ch particular portions thereof are to be utilized. (4) The provisions of clause (a) of sub-section (2) of section 51 shall not apply to a town expansion scheme under this Sf'ction, but the Board shall be reqUired to supply to the Government 1uch details as they may consider neces~ary. (5) After any such scheme has been notified under section 55, no person shall, without the permission of the Board, erect, re-erect, add to or alter any building or wall within the area comprised in the scheme. (6) If the Board refuses to grant permission tn any person to erect, re-erect, add to, or alter any building or wall on his land in the area afore~a1d and does not proceed to acquire such laud within one year from the date of such refusal, the Board shn.ll pay rea~ona~le com- pensation to such person for any damage sustnmed by h1m m conse- quence of such refusal. (7) Nothing contained in this . section shal.l be deemed to authorize the frammg of a town expansion scheme ,m respect of any area without the limits of the City unless the provisions of this section have been apphed to such area in pursuance of section 1, sub-section (2). Procedure to be followed ia frnudaa oa imBprovemmentsCbemmc