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ACT II OF 2020 ACT II OF 2020 BALOCHISTAN HOUSING AND TOWN PLANNING AUTHORITY ACT, 2020 An Act to provide for the establishment of Housing and Town Planning Authority in the Province of Balochistan [Gazette of Balochistan Extraordinary, 10th September, 2020] No. PAB / Legis; V(18) / 2019, dated 10.9.2020.---The Balochistan Housing And Town Planning Authority Bill, 2019 (Bill No.18 of 2019), having been passed by the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan on 10th August, 2020 and assented to by the Governor, Balochistan on 10th September, 2020 is hereby published as an Act of the Balochistan Provincial Assembly. Preamble.---WHEREAS, it is expedient to establish an authority for Housing and Town Planning in order to provide shelter to the shelter less and to establish a comprehensive system of town planning at regional, district, tehsil or union council level, as such to ensure systematic, integrated growth of urban and rural areas in the Province of Balochistan and to make provisions for matters connected therewith and ancillary thereto: It is hereby enacted as follows:- CHAPTER-V DIRECTIONS BY GOVERNMENT 14. Directions by Government.---(1) The Authority may require any other Government Authority within whose jurisdiction any particular locality or aspect of development covered by the scheme lies ‒ (a) to execute a scheme in consultation with said Authority; (b) to take over and maintain any of the works and services in that area; and (c) to provide any amenity in relation to the land which in the opinion of the Authority ought to be provided. (2) The expenditure incurred on the execution of any scheme or on the taking over of maintenance of any work, under this section, shall be borne as may be agreed between the Authority and the Government Authority concerned and in the event of disagreement, as may be determined by the Government.