Jammu and Kashmir Natural Calamities Destroyed Areas Improvement Act, 2011
Jammu and Kashmir Natural Calamities Destroyed Areas Improvement Act, 2011
This Act empowers the government to plan and execute development schemes in areas of Jammu and Kashmir that have been devastated by natural calamities like fire, floods, or earthquakes. It allows the government to control land use, regulate construction, and acquire property for public improvement projects. The law mandates that any construction in these designated areas must comply with government-approved schemes, and unauthorized structures can be demolished. It also streamlines the land acquisition process for these projects and provides legal protection for officials acting in good faith. Essentially, it is a tool for post-disaster urban planning and reconstruction.
- 1. Short title, extent, commencement and application
- 2. Definitions
- 3. Improvement scheme
- 4. Provided that the execution of the scheme or any part thereof may be deferred until such time as may be fixed by the Government.
- 5. Permission to be taken for construction, etc., after publication of notification under section 3
- 6. Obligation on owners to comply with scheme after sanction
- 7. Order of demolition of buildings
- 7A. Penalties
- 8. Modification of Land Acquisition Act
- 9. Notification under section 3 to have effect as declaration under sections 4 and 6 of the Land Acquisition Act
- 10. Sections 15, 23 and 24 of the Land Acquisition Act superseded
- 11. Power of Government to make rules
- 11A. Sanction of prosecution
- 11B. Protection of action taken in good faith
- 12. Validity of action taken by the Government or by officers or authorities under the order of the Government in making improvements of towns of Anantnag, Shopian and Baramulla
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