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(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force if the Competent Authority, either on application or suo motu, has reason to believe that any person is occupying any vacant land in an urban area in contravention of the provisions of section 3, it may by order require such person to vacate the land forth with or by certain time intimated to such person, and to remove all property therefrom, and if such person fails to comply with the order to vacate the land and to remove all property therefrom, he may be summarily evicted from such land by the Competent Authority, and any property which may be found thereon may be ordered by the Competent Authority 3[to be forfeited to such authority as the State Government may by general or special order specify and be removed from the vacant land.] 2 Maharashtra Vacant Lands (Prohibition of [ 1975 : Mah. LXVI Unauthorised Occupation and Summary Eviction) Act, 1975 Prohibition against unauthorised occupation of vacant land. Power of Competent Authority to evict persons from unauthorised occupation of vacant lands. 1 Clause (f) was deemed always to have been substituted by Mah. 37 of 1976, s. 2. 2 This proviso was added, ibid., s. 3. 3 These words were substituted, ibid., s. 4(a). For the purposes of eviction and removal of any such property, the Competent Authourity may take, or cause to be taken, such steps and use, or cause to be used, such force, and may take such assistance of the police officers as the circumstances of the case may require. Explanation.—For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that the power to take steps under this sub-section includes the power to enter upon any land or other property whatsoever. (2) The order of eviction of any person from any vacant land 1[or forfeiture of any property thereon or removal of any property therefrom] under sub-section (1) shall be final and conclusive, and shall not be called in question in any Court. (3) A person who is found to be on any vacant land belonging to, or vesting in, another person shall, unless the contrary is proved by him to the satisfaction of the Competent Authority, be deemed to be in occupation of such vacant land in contravention of the provisions of section 3. 2[4A. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in sections 3 and 4, where any occupier of a structure on a vacant land, in respect of which penal charges are collected from him under section 3, or any occupier is by an order made under sub-section (1) of section 4 required to vacate any vacant land and to remove all property (including any structure) therefrom, desires to renovate the structure at his risk and expense as a temporary measure, he may seek the previous permission of the Controller of Slums to do so. On receipt of any application for such permission, if the Controller of Slums is, after such inquiry as he deems fit to make, satisfied that the structure is not fit for human habitation and the proposed renovation is necessary to make it so fit temporarily, he may, subject to such conditions as he may impose, grant the required permission. (2) Where any structure is renovated in accordance with the permission granted under sub-section (1), the Competent Authority shall not evict the occupier of the struc- ture so renovated, till such time as the Controller of Slums may specify : Provided that if, in the opinion of the Controller of Slums, the occupier has at any time committed a breach of any of the conditions subject to which the permission was granted, he may cancel the permission granted and direct the Competent Authority to take neces- sary action against the occupier under section 4 forthwith for his eviction and forfeiture and removal of his property.