Disposal of Land by Development Authorities (Regulation) Act 1998. Country/Territory Pakistan Territorial subdivision Punjab Document type Legislation Date 1998 (2007) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Land & soil Keyword Land-use planning Public land Subdivision of land Offences/penalties Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Indian Ocean, South Asian Seas, Southern Asia Abstract This Act provides for the disposal of land by Development Authorities. Development Authorities shall prepare housing schemes by categorizing land in residential, commercial, industrial and public amenity plots (sect. 3). In the housing schemes, the land shall be disposed of as provided for in section 4. No public utility area or public amenity plot in a housing scheme shall be converted to any other use (sect. 5). Penalty provisions are given in sections 6 and 7. Full text English Website punjablaws.gov.pk