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THE JAMMU AND KASHMIR (ADMINISTRATION OF PROPERTY) ORDINANCE, 1961 THE JAMMU AND KASHMIR (ADMINISTRATION OF PROPERTY) ORDINANCE, 1961 ORDINANCE No. III of 1961 [13th February, 1961] An Ordinance to vest in the Central Government certain immov able properties which vested in the State of Jammu and Kashmir on the fifteenth day of August, 1947, and to provide for matters connected therewith. **[3. Management, sale or lease of properties, etc.,---(1) The Central Government may make arrangements for the management, sale, lease or disposal otherwise of the properties vested in it under section 2. (2) For the purposes aforesaid, the Central Government may appoint a person, to be called the Manager of State Pro perties of Jammu and Kashmir (hereinafter referred to as the Manager), who shall take possession of and hold, and, subject to the previous approval in writing of the Central Government, have the power to deal with and dispose of, all or any of the aforesaid properties, and shall exercise such other powers in re lation thereto as may be prescribed by rules made under section 6. (3) Without prejudice to the generality of the provisions of sub-section (2), and notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, the Manager, after giving to the person or persons affected not less than fifteen days notice, may, in such manner as may be provided by rules, and with the use of such force as may be necessary,- (a) take possession and assume control of any property referred to in this section; (b) evict summarily any person in unauthorized occupa tion or wrongful possession of any such property; and (c) demolish or dismantle any unauthorized construction on any such property, and recover from the person responsible for such construction any expenses in curred in connection with such demolition or dismant ling.]. *[Subs. and shall be deemed always to have been so subs. by the Jammu and Kashmir (Administration of Property) (Amdt.) Ordinance, 1961 (43 of 1961) s. 3, for the original section.] **[Subs. ibid., s. 4, for the original section.]