(1) On receipt of the sanction of the Government, the Municipal Commissioner or Chief Officer shall forward a declaration for notification by the Government, stating the fact of such sanction and that the land proposed to be acquired by the municipal council for the purpose of the scheme is required for a public purpose.

(2) The declaration shall be published in the official Gazette and shallstate the limits within which the land proposed to be acquired is situate, the purpose for which it is needed, its approximate area, and the place where a plan of the land may be inspected. The publication of such declaration shall be deemed to be the publication of a declaration under section 6 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894.

(3) The said declaration shall be conclusive evidence that the land is needed for a public purpose, and the municipal council shall, upon the publication of the said declaration, proceed to execute the scheme.

(4) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (4) of section 155 and sub-sections (2) and (3) of this section, the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, shall be applicable for purposes of acquisition of land in respect of an improvement scheme under this Chapter; and after the land vests in the Government under section 16 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, the Deputy Commissioner shall, upon payment of the cost of the acquisition and upon the municipal council agreeing to pay any further costs which may be incurred on account of the acquisition, transfer the land to the municipal council, and the land shall thereupon vest in the said municipal council.