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The Meghalaya Residents Safety and Security Act, 2016
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The Meghalaya Residents Safety and Security Act, 2016, regulates the private rental housing market in Meghalaya to enhance public safety. It applies to all landlords and tenants, requiring landlords to obtain local authority clearance and submit detailed tenant identification documents to local police and traditional tribal bodies. Governed by district task forces, this law also sets up entry and exit facilitation centres and security cameras across the state. This legislation matters because it establishes a comprehensive tenant monitoring system to verify credentials, track safety threats, and maintain public peace and order while protecting the constitutional rights of all Indian citizens.
- 1. Short title, extent and commencement
- 2. Definitions
- 3. Regulation of tenants
- 4. Penalties
- 5. Constitution of District Task Force
- 6. Functions of the District Task Force
- 7. Powers of the District Task Force
- 8. Exemption
- 9. Power to make rules
- 10. Power to remove difficulties
- 11. Provided that no such order shall be made after the expiry of a period of two years from the commencement of this Act.
- 12. Offence by companies
- 13. Certain persons to be public servants
- 14. All persons empowered to act under this Act shall be deemed to be public servants within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.
- 15. No suit, prosecution or other legal proceedings shall lie against any person for anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done under this Act or any rules made thereunder.
- 16. Verification of tenants
- 17. Facilitation Centres
- 18. Power to call for information
- 19. Submission of information by landlord
- 20. Repeal and savings
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