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Bare Act

The Kerala Slum Areas (Improvement and Clearance) Act, 1981

General198150 sections

The Act regulates the improvement and clearance of slum areas throughout the Indian state of Kerala. It applies to any neighborhoods declared as slums due to unsanitary conditions, overcrowding, or risks to public health and safety. Under this law, government officials can designate problematic areas as slums and impose improvements such as repairing homes, installing sanitation facilities like latrines and taps, improving drainage, or demolishing dilapidated structures. The primary purpose is to upgrade living standards, protect the health and safety of residents, and eliminate hazardous environments that undermine convenience and well-being in affected communities.

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  1. 1. Short title, extent and commencement
  2. 2. Definitions
  3. 3. Declaration of slum areas
  4. 4. Every building in a slum area to be registered
  5. 5. Power to require execution of works of improvement to slum areas or buildings therein
  6. 6. Power to execute works of improvement in slum areas and to recover expenses
  7. 7. Maintenance of works of improvement
  8. 8. Buildings in slum area not to be erected except with the permission of the competent authority
  9. 9. Power of competent authority to order demolition of buildings unfit for human habitation
  10. 10. Procedure to be followed where demolition order has been made
  11. 11. Power to declare any slum area to be a clearance area
  12. 12. Slum clearance order
  13. 13. Power of competent authority to re-develop clearance area
  14. 14. Power of Government to acquire land
  15. 15. Right to receive amount
  16. 16. Basis for determination of amount
  17. 17. Apportionment of amount
  18. 18. Payment of amount or deposit of the same in court
  19. 19. Payment of interest
  20. 20. Powers of competent authority in relation to determination of amount, etc.
  21. 21. Use of land acquired
  22. 22. Tenants in slum areas not to be evicted without permission of competent authority
  23. 23. Appeals against orders refusing to grant permission
  24. 24. Revision by Government
  25. 25. Restoration of possession of premises vacated by a tenant
  26. 26. Rent of buildings in slum areas
  27. 27. Tenants not to sub-let or alienate
  28. 28. Exemption
  29. 29. Powers of entry
  30. 30. Powers of inspection
  31. 31. Power to enter land adjoining land where work is in progress
  32. 32. Breaking into buildings
  33. 33. Entry to be made in day time
  34. 34. Owner's consent ordinarily to be obtained
  35. 35. Power of eviction to be exercised only by the competent authority
  36. 36. Power to remove offensive or dangerous trades from slum areas
  37. 37. Appeals
  38. 38. Service of notices, etc.
  39. 39. Penalties
  40. 40. Offences by companies
  41. 41. Order of demolition of building in certain cases
  42. 42. Force to be used where necessary
  43. 43. Previous sanction of competent authority or officer authorised by it for prosecution
  44. 44. Power to delegate
  45. 45. Protection of action taken in good faith
  46. 46. Bar of jurisdiction
  47. 47. Competent authority etc., to be public servants
  48. 48. Act to over-ride other laws
  49. 49. Power to make rules
  50. Schedule. THE SCHEDULE

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