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The Gujarat Slum Areas (Improvement, Clearance and Redevelopment) Act, 1973

The Gujarat Slum Areas (Improvement, Clearance and Redevelopment) Act, 1973

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This law governs how the state of Gujarat manages and improves its slum areas. It allows the government to officially identify neighborhoods that are unhealthy, overcrowded, or dangerous, and then empowers a specific board to take action. The board can either improve existing buildings by adding sanitation, repairs, and better infrastructure, or clear the area entirely by demolishing unsafe structures. The goal is to protect the health, safety, and living conditions of residents by addressing the problems of squalor and dilapidation in these communities.

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Chapter I PRELIMINARY →

  1. 1Short title, extent and commencement
  2. 2Definitions

Chapter II DECLARATION OF SLUM AREAS →

  1. 3Declaration of slum areas

Chapter III PREVENTION OF GROWTH OF SLUMS →

  1. 4Registration of buildings in slum areas
  2. 5Restriction on erection of buildings in slum areas

Chapter IV IMPROVEMENT OF SLUM AREAS →

  1. 6Power of prescribed authority to require execution of works of improvement to slum areas
  2. 7Power to execute works of improvement to slum areas and to recover expenses
  3. 8Expenses of maintenance of works improvement etc., to be recoverable from occupiers of the land or building
  4. 9Power of prescribed authority to order demolition of building unfit for human habitation
  5. 10Procedure to be followed where demolition order has been made

Chapter V SLUM CLEARANCE AND RE-DEVELOPMENT →

  1. 11Power to declare any slum area to be a slum clearance area
  2. 12Obligation to clear slum area and demolish buildings
  3. 13Power to clear slum clearance areas
  4. 14Owner may re-develop
  5. 15Power of prescribed authority to re-develop clearance area
  6. 16Provided that before passing an order under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2), the owner shall be given a reasonable opportunity to show cause why the order should not be passed.

Chapter VI PROTECTION OF TENANTS IN SLUM AREAS FROM EVICTION →

  1. 17Proceedings for eviction of tenants not to be taken without permission of the prescribed authority
  2. 18Restoration of possession of premises vacated by a tenant
  3. 19Rent of building in slum area
  4. 20Chapter not to apply to tenants of certain buildings

Chapter VII SLUM CLEARANCE BOARD →

  1. 21Establishment of Slum Clearance Board
  2. 22Constitution of the Board
  3. 23Conditions of service of members
  4. 24The terms and conditions of the service of the members of the Board shall be such as may be prescribed.
  5. 25Conditions of service of officers and servants
  6. 26General disqualification of members, officers and servants
  7. 27Functions of the Board
  8. 28Board's fund
  9. 29Application of the fund
  10. 30All property, fund and all other assets vesting in the Board shall be held and applied by it, subject to the provisions and for the purposes of this Act.
  11. 31Power of Board to borrow
  12. 32Accounts and audit
  13. 33Concurrent and special audit of accounts
  14. 34No disqualification in certain cases
  15. 35No person shall be disqualified for being chosen as, or for being, a member of the Legislative Assembly of the State by reason only of the fact that he is a Chairman or a member of the Board.
  16. 36The Board may make regulations in regard to its meetings and conduct of its business.

Chapter VIII MISCELLANEOUS →

  1. 37Board to exercise the powers of prescribed authority
  2. 38Service of notices and orders
  3. 39Power of entry
  4. 40Power of inspection
  5. 41Power to enter land adjoining land where work is in progress
  6. 42Power to enter into buildings
  7. 43Entry to be made in the day time
  8. 44No entry authorised by or under this Act shall be made except between the hours of sunrise and sunset.
  9. 45Provided that no such notice shall be necessary if the place to be inspected is a shed for cattle or a latrine, urinal or a work under construction.
  10. 46Provided that, before making any order under this section, the prescribed authority shall call upon the occupants of the building to show cause why they should not be evicted therefrom.
  11. 47Provided that before making any order under this section, the prescribed authority shall call upon the person carrying on the trade to show cause why the order should not be made.
  12. 48Order of demolition of buildings in certain cases
  13. 49Disposal of proceeds of sale of materials of demolished building and recovery of expenses
  14. 50Penalties
  15. 51Offences by companies
  16. 52Prosecution and trial of offences
  17. 53Bar of jurisdiction of Civil Courts
  18. 54Members of prescribed authority, to be public servants
  19. 55The persons constituting the prescribed authority shall be deemed to be public servants within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code.
  20. 56Delegation of powers of State Government
  21. 57Act to override other laws
  22. 58Power to make rules

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