Power to declare any slum area to be a clearance area

(1) Where the competent authority upon report from any of its officers or other information in its possession is satisfied as respects any slum area that the most satisfactory method of dealing with the conditions in the area is the clearance of such area and the demolition of all the buildings therein, the authority shall by an order notified in the Gazette declare the area to be a slum clearance area, that is to say, an area which has to be cleared and all the buildings therein have to be demolished and removed in accordance with the provisions of this Act: Provided that any part of the slum area or any building in that area which in the opinion of the competent authority is not unfit for human habitation or dangerous or injurious to public health may be excluded from the declaration if the authority considers it necessary: Provided further that before making a declaration under this subsection, the competent authority shall consult the Chief Town Planner or any officer of the Town Planning Department of the Government authorised by the Government in this behalf. (2) The competent authority shall forthwith transmit to the Collector a copy of the declaration under this section together with a statement of the number of persons who, on a date specified in the statement, were occupying areas and buildings comprised in the clearance area.