The Gujarat Regularization of Unauthorised Development Act, 2022
The Gujarat Regularization of Unauthorised Development Act, 2022
This Act provides a legal pathway for owners and occupants in Gujarat to regularize construction works that were carried out without proper permission or in violation of existing development regulations. It applies specifically to any buildings or structures developed without proper municipal authorization or that contravene established town planning rules. The law establishes a Designated Authority to receive and process applications for regularization, with strict deadlines for submissions before September 30, 2022. The significance lies in its ability to place enforcement actions on hold during this period, allowing property owners to seek formal recognition of their properties and avoid potential demolition or penalties under previous municipal regulations.
- 1. Short title, extent and commencement
- 2. Definitions
- 3. Designated Authority
- 4. Public awareness
- 5. Application for regularisation of unauthorised development
- 6. Grant or refusal to regularise unauthorised development
- 7. Fees for regularization
- 8. Circumstances in which unauthorised development shall not be regularised
- 9. Regularisation of unauthorised development deemed to be Building use Permission
- 10. Circumstances in which unauthorised development may be regularised
- 11. Consequences of regularisation
- 12. Appeal
- 13. Constitution of Infrastructure Development Fund
- 14. Protection of action taken in good faith
- 15. Removal of Doubt
- 16. Power of State Government to give directions
- 17. Power to make rules
- 18. Application of other laws not barred
- 19. Repeal of Guj. 26 of 2011 and saving
- 20. Repeal of Guj. Ord. 3 of 2022 and saving
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