The Slum Areas (Improvement and Clearance) Act `1956
An Act to provide for the improvement and clearance of slum areas in certain Union territories and for the protection of tenants in such areas from eviction.
List of Chapters & Sections
All sections
- 1Short title, extent and commencement
- 2Definitions
- 3Declaration of slum areas
- 4Power of competent authority to require improvement of buildings unfit for human habitation
- 5Inforcement of notice requiring execution of works of improvement
- 6Expenses of maintenance of works of improvement etc., to be recoverable from the occupiers of buildings
- 6ARestriction on building, etc., in slum areas
- 7Power of competent authority to order demolition of buildings unfit for human habitation
- 8Procedure to be followed where demolition order has been made
- 9Power to declare any slum area to be a clearance area
- 10Slum clearance order
- 11Power of competent authority to re-develop clearance area
- 12Power of Central Government to acquire land
- 13Land acquired by Central Government to be made available to the competent authority
- 14Right to receive compensation
- 15Basis for determination of compensation
- 16Apportionment of compensation
- 17Payment of compensation or deposit of the same in court
- 18Powers of competent authority in relation to determination of compensation, etc
- 19Proceedings for eviction of tenants not to be taken without permission of the competent authority
- 20Appeals
- 20ARestoration of possession of premises vacated by a tenant
- 20BRent of buildings in slum areas
- 21Chapter not to apply to eviction of tenants from certain buildings
- 22Powers of entry
- 23Powers of inspection
- 24Power to enter land adjoining land where work is in progress
- 25Breaking into buildings
- 26Entry to be made in the day time
- 27Owner's consent ordinarily to be obtained
- 28Power of eviction to be exercised only by the competent authority
- 29Power to remove offensive or dangerous trades from slum areas
- 30Appeals
- 31Service of notices, etc
- 32Penalties
- 33Order of demolition of buildings in certain cases
- 34Jurisdiction of courts
- 35Previous sanction of the competent authority or officers authorised by it, for prosecution
- 36Power to delegate
- 37Protection of action taken in good faith
- 37ABar of jurisdiction
- 38Competent authority, etc., to be public servants
- 39Act to over-ride other laws
- 40Power to make rules