Chapter V SUB-VILLAGE, KHAWPER AND THTAWHBAWK

Constitution of Sub-Village. -

Setting up of Khawper and Thlawhbiwk and its closure Setting up of Khawper and Thlawhbiwk and its closure. -

1. (1) No person shall establish any Khawper or a Thlawhbiwk, other than the Khawper or Thlawhbiwk established by the State Government under sub-section (2).
2. (2) The State Government may, by order, establish at any suitable place a Khawper or a Thlawhbiwk and permit any person or persons to settle in such place as a temporary settlement, with such terms and conditions as it may lay down in the order for such settlement: Provided that if due to livelihood activities and farming activities, group of villagers, involving several families are willing to set-up new settlement for an indefinite period beyond one year, they may apply for permission in writing to the State Government or to any authorised official in this behalf through the concerned Village Council.
3. (3) The State Government may lay down procedure for setting up of Khawper or Thlawhbiwk, including the prerequisites for setting up of such places.
4. (4) If the State Government is of the opinion that a situation for stoppage or closing of any Khawper or Thlawhbiwk established under sub-section
5. (2) has arisen, it may, by order, evict the occupants of such Khawper or Thlawhbiwk after service of a notice on such person or persons individually to show cause as to why he shall not be evicted from the place.
6. (5) In the event of a Khawper or a Thlawhbiwk becoming vacant as a result of mass migration of the occupants, the State Government may, by order, declare such place as vacant. Thereafter, nobody shall establish any settlement in that place without getting fresh permission from the Government.
7. (6) In the event of prolonged occupation beyond the timeline stipulated under sub-section
8. (4) the State Government may resort to physical eviction of the defaulting occupants from the place. The order of the State Government passed under sub-section
9. (4) and sub-section
10. (6) shall be deemed to be a decree of a competent civil court for the purpose of eviction of the occupants from the area to which this section applies.

UNAUTHORIZED SETTLEMENTS. -

1. (1) In case any settlement site other than Khawper or Thlawhbiwk established by the State Government as per sub-section
2. (2) of section 30 exists, or is reported to be in existence, it shall be the duty of the Village Council having jurisdiction to report the matter to the State Government immediately.
3. (2) No developmental activities shall be carried out in the unauthorized settlement sites.
4. (3) Eviction of settlers at unauthorized settlements and abolition of the site shall be done in accordance with the procedure laid down in sub-section
5. (4) and sub-section
6. (6) of section 30.