Section 4
Regulation on transfer of lands in relation to which acquisition proceedings have been initiated.
The Delhi Lands (Restrictions on Transfer) Act, 1972
About this Act
An Act to impose certain restrictions on transfer of lands which have been acquired by the Central Government or in respect of which acquisition proceedings have been initiated by that Government, with a view to preventing large-scale transactions of purported transfers or, as the case may be, transfers of such lands to unwary public.
No person shall, except with the previous permission in writing of the competent authority,
transfer or purport to transfer by sale, mortgage, gift, lease or otherwise any land or part thereof situated
in the Union territory of Delhi, which is proposed to be acquired in connection with the Scheme and in
relation to which a declaration to the effect that such land or part thereof is needed for a public
purpose having been made by the Central Government under section 6 of the Land Acquisition
Act, 1894 (1 of 1894), the Central Government has not withdrawn from the acquisition under section 48
of that Act.