The Puducherry Housing Board Act, 1973

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This Act establishes the Puducherry Housing Board to manage housing and urban development across the Union territory. It applies to the entire region, including Puducherry, Karaikal, Mahe, and Yanam. The Board is responsible for framing housing schemes, acquiring land, and constructing buildings to provide affordable shelter. It also handles urban planning and improvement projects. By creating a corporate body with the power to own property and enter contracts, the Act ensures efficient administration of housing programs, ultimately improving living conditions and urban infrastructure for the local population.

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1. Short title, extent and commencement
2. Definitions
3. Establishment and constitution of the Board
4. Appointment of the Chairman and Members to be notified
5. Definitions
6. Disqualifications for appointment as a member of the Board
7. Power of Chairman
8. Appointment of an acting Chairman
9. Removal of Chairman and other non-official members
10. Staff of the Board
11. Conditions of service of the staff of the Board
12. Control and delegation by Chairman
13. Housing unit
13A. No disqualification in certain cases
14. Meetings of the Board
15. Temporary association of persons with the Board for particular purposes
16. Appointment and functions of Committees
17. Prohibition to take part proceedings
18. Acts of the Board or Committee not to be invalidated by vacancy, etc.
19. Powers of Board and Chairman to incur expenditure
20. Powers of Board and Chairman to approve estimates
21. Emergency powers of Chairman
22. Power to make and perform contracts
23. Agreements and security deposits
24. Further provisions as to the execution of contracts and agreements
25. Contract made in contravention of Act, etc., not binding on Board
26. Registration of instruments
27. Power of the Board to undertake housing or improvement schemes and incur expenditure
28. Power of Government to transfer any land belonging to or vested in it or acquired under the Slum Areas (Improvement and Clearance) Act, 1956
29. When housing or improvement schemes may be made by the Board
30. Matters to be provided by housing or improvement schemes
31. Types of housing or improvement schemes
32. House accommodation scheme
33. Rebuilding scheme
34. Rehousing or rehabilitation scheme
35. City or town or village expansion scheme
36. Street scheme
37. Deferred street scheme
38. Land development scheme
39. General Improvement scheme
40. Preparation, publication and transmission of notice as to housing or improvement schemes and supply of documents to applicants
41. Transmission to the Board of representation by the concerned local authority or planning authority as to housing or improvement scheme
42. Notice regarding proposal to recover betterment fee
43. Furnishing of copies or extracts from the assessment book of the local authority or planning authority
44. Abandonment, modification or sanction of a housing or improvement scheme
45. Publication of sanction of housing or improvement scheme
46. The Board to execute housing or improvement scheme soon after sanction
47. Alteration of a housing or improvement scheme after sanction
48. Transfer to Board for purposes of improvement scheme building or land vested in local authority or planning authority
49. Transfer of private street or square to Board for purpose of housing or improvement scheme
50. Repairs of streets vested in the Board
51. Transferring streets laid out or altered and open spaces provided by the Board under a housing or an improvement scheme
52. Prevention or restriction of traffic in street vested in the Board
53. Provision of facilities when work is executed by the Board in public streets vested in it
54. Power of the Board to turn or close public street or square vested in it
55. Power of the Board to retain lanes not meant for vehicular traffic
56. Other duties of the Board
57. Supervision and centage charges
58. Power of Government to call for the records of the Board and to modify, annual, etc., of housing or improvement schemes
59. Power to exempt
60. Power to acquire land under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894
61. Power to purchase or lease by agreement
62. Power to dispose of land
63. Payment of betterment fee
64. Assessment of betterment fee by the Board and notice to persons liable to such fee
65. Board to give notice to persons liable to payment of betterment fees
66. Recovery of betterment fees
67. Levy of betterment fee not bar to acquisition
68. Power to evict certain persons from Board premises
69. Power to recover rent or damage as arrears of land revenue
70. Appeal
71. Rent to be recovered from deductions from salary or wages in certain cases
72. Bar of jurisdiction of courts
73. Funds of the Board
74. Power of the Board to borrow and lend
75. Issue of debentures
76. Payments to survivors of joint payees
77. Receipt by joint holder for interest or dividend
78. Priority of payments for interest and re-payment of loans
79. Repayment of loans
80. Establishment and maintenance of sinking fund
81. Power to discontinue payments into sinking fund.
82. Investment of sinking fund
83. Application of sinking fund
84. Annual examination of sinking fund
85. Estimates of income and expenditure to be laid before the Board
86. Sanction of estimates
87. Approval of Government to estimates
88. Supplementary estimate
89. Adherence to estimate and maintenance of closing balance
90. Keeping of accounts
91. Change from one account to the other
92. Budget of the Board
93. Accounts and Audit
94. Annual reports
95. Penalty for removing fence, etc., in street
96. Penalty for building within street alignment or building line without permission
97. Penalty for failure to comply with requisition made by auditor
98. Penalty for obstructing contractor or removing mark
99. Penalty for breach of the provisions of the Act, etc.
100. Compensation to be paid by offenders for damage caused by them
101. Composition of offences
102. Fine realised to be paid to Board
103. Cognizance of offence under this Act
104. Duty of police officers
105. Arrest of offenders
106. Powers of Chairman as to institution, etc., of legal proceedings and obtaining legal advice
107. Protection of action taken in good faith
108. Notice of suit against Board etc.
109. Proof of consent, etc., of Board or Chairman or officer or servant of the Board
110. Power of Chairman to direct removal of unauthorised erections, etc., within street alignment, etc.
111. General power of the Board to pay compensation
112. Public notice how to be made known
113. Publication in leading daily newspapers
114. Stamping signature on notices or bills
115. Service how to be effected
116. Power to make surveys, or contribute towards their cost.
117. Power of entry
118. Cancellation of order of eviction
119. Members and Officers to be public servants
120. Sanction of prosecution
121. Board and Chairman to exercise powers and functions of local authority
122. Supply of documents, etc., to Government
123. Submission of administration report to Government
124. Power of Government to give directions to the Board and local authorities
125. Supersession of the Board
126. Dissolution of the Board
127. The Board to be a local authority under Central Act 1 of 1894 and Central Act 9 of 1914
128. Finality of orders
129. Power to make rules
130. Power to make regulations
131. Power to remove difficulties
132. Amendment of section 11 of Act 13 of 1970
Statement. Statement of Objects and Reasons

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