Slum Areas (Improvement and Clearance) Act, 1956
Bare Act · 1956
- Act number
- 96 of 1956
- Enacted
- 29 December 1956
- Contents
- 45 sections · 7 chapters
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Contents
Chapter I — Preliminary
Chapter II — Slum Areas
Chapter III — Slum Improvement
- Section 4 – Power of competent authority to require improvement of buildings unfit for human habitation
- Section 5 – Inforcement of notice requiring execution of works of improvement
- Section 6 – Expenses of maintenance of works of improvement etc., to be recoverable from the occupiers of buildings (preview)
- Section 6A – Restriction on building, etc., in slum areas (preview)
- Section 7 – Power of competent authority to order demolition of buildings unfit for human habitation (preview)
- Section 8 – Procedure to be followed where demolition order has been made (preview)
Chapter IV — Slum Clearance And Re-Development
- Section 9 – Power to declare any slum area to be a clearance area (preview)
- Section 10 – Slum clearance order (preview)
- Section 11 – Power of competent authority to re-develop clearance area (preview)
Chapter V — Acquisition Of Land
- Section 12 – Power of Central Government to acquire land (preview)
- Section 13 – Land acquired by Central Government to be made available to the competent authority (preview)
- Section 14 – Right to receive compensation (preview)
- Section 15 – Basis for determination of compensation (preview)
- Section 16 – Apportionment of compensation (preview)
- Section 17 – Payment of compensation or deposit of the same in court (preview)
- Section 18 – Powers of competent authority in relation to determination of compensation, etc (preview)
Chapter VI — Protection Of Tenants In Slum Areas From Eviction
- Section 19 – Proceedings for eviction of tenants not to be taken without permission of the competent authority (preview)
- Section 20 – Appeals (preview)
- Section 20A – Restoration of possession of premises vacated by a tenant (preview)
- Section 20B – Rent of buildings in slum areas (preview)
- Section 21 – Chapter not to apply to eviction of tenants from certain buildings (preview)
Chapter VII — Miscellaneous
- Section 22 – Powers of entry (preview)
- Section 23 – Powers of inspection (preview)
- Section 24 – Power to enter land adjoining land where work is in progress (preview)
- Section 25 – Breaking into buildings (preview)
- Section 26 – Entry to be made in the day time (preview)
- Section 27 – Owner's consent ordinarily to be obtained (preview)
- Section 28 – Power of eviction to be exercised only by the competent authority (preview)
- Section 29 – Power to remove offensive or dangerous trades from slum areas (preview)
- Section 30 – Appeals (preview)
- Section 31 – Service of notices, etc (preview)
- Section 32 – Penalties (preview)
- Section 32A – Adjudication of penalties (preview)
- Section 33 – Order of demolition of buildings in certain cases (preview)
- Section 34 – Jurisdiction of courts (preview)
- Section 35 – Previous sanction of the competent authority or officers authorised by it, for prosecution (preview)
- Section 36 – Power to delegate (preview)
- Section 37 – Protection of action taken in good faith (preview)
- Section 37A – Bar of jurisdiction (preview)
- Section 38 – Competent authority, etc., to be public servants (preview)
- Section 39 – Act to over-ride other laws (preview)
- Section 40 – Power to make rules (preview)