(1) An Acknowledgment Certificate issued under section 8 of this Act shall, for all purposes, have effect as if it is an approval as defined in clause (c) of section 2, for a period of 1000 days from the date of its issuance and after the expiry of the said period of 1000 days, the enterprise shall have to obtain required approvals as defined in clause (c) of section 2 within 100 days from the date of such expiry :-
Provided, that the Acknowledgement Certificate shall not entitle a person or an enterprise to use a land in deviation to the land use as specified in the master plan wherever such plan is in force. It shall also not entitle a person or an enterprise to use the land falling in restricted category under various laws of the Government. Where the land is in the rural area and outside the master plan notified area, no agricultural land use conversion shall be required for a period of 1000 days wherein Acknowledgement Certificate is valid, and Land Ceiling Act shall also not be effective in such rural areas for starting an enterprise for a period of 1000 days wherein Acknowledgement Certificate is valid.
(2) During the period of 1000 days specified in sub-section (1), no competent authority shall undertake any inspection for the purpose of, or in connection with, any approval as defined in clause (c) of section 2.
(3) Except sections 8 and 15 of Industrial Development Area Act, 1976, all other sections shall be effective for the purpose of this Act.