The Punjab New Mandi Townships (Development and Regulation) Act, 1960
The Punjab New Mandi Townships (Development and Regulation) Act, 1960
This Act establishes a legal framework for developing and regulating new market townships in the Union territory of Chandigarh. It empowers the Central Government to declare specific areas as new mandi townships and to transfer land and buildings within them to private individuals or entities. The legislation covers the sale, lease, and development of these sites, ensuring that necessary public amenities like roads, water, and drainage are provided. By governing the construction and transfer of property in these designated areas, the Act aims to facilitate organized urban development and market infrastructure while protecting the interests of both the government and the occupants of the transferred properties.
- 0. Preamble
- 2. Definitions
- 3. Power of Central Government to declare New Mandi Townships and to transfer land and building therein
- 4. Bar to erection or alteration of buildings in contravention of building rules
- 5. Administrator's power to sanction erection of buildings and presumption of sanction
- 6. Power of Administrator to stop unauthorised building operations and penalty for disobedience
- 7. Power of Administrator to direct modification of sanctioned plan of a building before its completion
- 8. Lapse of sanction after one year or longer
- 9. Power to require proper maintenance of site or building
- 10. Levy of fees for amenities
- 11. Imposition of penalty
- 12. Mode of recovery of arrears
- 13. Forfeiture or breach of condition of transfer
- 14. Penalty for breach of the provisions of the Act or rules
- 15. Appeal and revision
- 16. Powers of entry on buildings or land
- 17. Partial exclusion of jurisdiction of local committees, Panchayats and Town Improvement Committees in new mandi townships
- 18. Procedure for prosecutions
- 19. Bar of jurisdiction of Court
- 20. Protection of action taken in good faith
- 21. Delegation
- 22. Power to exclude, etc., new mandi townships
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