Vidhi Codex

Bare Act

The Slum Areas

General198141 sections3 chapters

This law applies to the entire state of Kerala and aims to improve living conditions in slum areas by preventing health hazards and clearing unsafe structures. It allows the government to acquire land for rehabilitating slum dwellers and protects occupants from arbitrary eviction. The Act empowers authorities to declare specific areas as slums if they are unsanitary or dangerous, enabling necessary repairs, structural changes, and eventual clearance to ensure better safety and living standards for residents.

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Chapter IL SLUM AREAS →

  1. 3Declaration of slum areas
  2. 4Every building in a slum area to be registered
  3. 6Power to execute works of improvement in slum areas and to recover expenses
  4. 7Maintenance of works of improvement
  5. 8Buildings in slum area not to be erected except with the permission of the competent authority
  6. 9Power of competent authority to order demolition of buildings unfit for human habitation
  7. 12Slum clearance order
  8. 13Power of Competent authority to re-develop clearance areas

Chapter V ACQUISITION OF LAND →

  1. 14Power of Government to acquire land
  2. 15Right to receive amount
  3. 16Basis for determination of amount
  4. 18Payment of amount or deposit of the same in court
  5. 19Payment of interest
  6. 20Powers of competent authority in relation to determination of amount etc.
  7. 21Use of land acquired
  8. 23Appeals against orders refusing to grant permission
  9. 26Rent of buildings in slum areas
  10. 27Tenants not to sub-let or alienate
  11. 28Exemption

Chapter VII MISCELLANEOUS →

  1. 29Powers of entry
  2. 30Powers of inspection
  3. 31Power to enter land adjoining land where work is in progress
  4. 32Breaking into buildings
  5. 33Entry to be made in day time
  6. 34Owner's consent ordinarily to be obtained
  7. 35Power of eviction to be exercised only by the competent authority
  8. 36Power to remove offensive or dangerous trades from slum areas
  9. 37Appeals
  10. 38Service of notice, etc.
  11. 39Penalties
  12. 41Order of demolition of building in certain cases
  13. 42Force to be used where necessary
  14. 43Previous sanction of competent authority or officer authorised by it for prosecution
  15. 45Protection of action taken in good faith
  16. 46Bar of jurisdiction
  17. 47Competent authority etc., to be public servants
  18. 48Act to over-rule other laws

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