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Section 8Sec./Art. 8
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Creation of Urban Zone Expropriation and Land Management Committee. For the purpose of expropriating lands as provided under Section 7, the Ministry is hereby vested with the power of eminent domain.
To assist the Ministry in the exercise of this power, an Urban Zone Expropriation and Land Management Committee, hereinafter referred to as the Committee, shall be created in the city, town or locality or within the Urban Zone, to be composed of members from the relevant government and private sectors designated by the Minister of Human Settlements, with the authorized representative of the Ministry serving as the Chairman.
The Committee shall in addition to the above mentioned function, formulate programs and projects specific to the Urban Zones, specifying among others, the operative procedure for land acquisition and its phasing, and shall recommend to the Coordinating Council the appropriate made of disposition and other related aspects of land management.
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