Section 7: Development without Authority's approval prohibited

(1) As from the commencement of this Act, no person or body shall within the Federal Capital Territory carry out any development within the meaning of this Act unless the written approval of the Authority has been obtained by such person or body:
Provided that the Authority may make a general order with respect to the interim development of the land within the Federal Capital Territory and may make special orders with respect to the interim development of any portion of land within any particular area.
(2) The Authority shall have power to require every person who, otherwise than in pursuance of an approval granted or order made under subsection (1) of this section, proceeds with or does any work within the Federal Capital Territory to remove any work perforrned and reinstate the land or, where applicable, the building, in the condition in which it was before the commencement of such work, and in the event of any failure on the part of any such person to comply with any such requirement, the Authority shall cause the necessary work to be carried out, and may recover the expenses thereof from such person as a debt.
(3) In this section-
"development" means the carrying out of any building, engineering, mining or other operations in, on, over or under land or water, or the making of any material change in the use of any land or buildings thereon or of any stretch of water whatsoever;
"interim development" means such temporary development as may be authorised by the Authority of any land comprised in the Federal Capital Territory between the date of commencement of this Act and the coming into operation of any of the Authority's schemes of development for the particular portion of land.