Vidhi Codex

(BUILDINGS AND BUILDING SITES) ACT, 1948

The East Punjab Refugees Rehabilitation (Buildings and Building Site) Act, 1948

General194819 sections

This Act regulates the sale and lease of buildings and land to refugees displaced from West Pakistan. It empowers the State Government to acquire land and provide it to individuals, firms, or associations for housing and other structures. The legislation establishes rules for purchasing these properties, allowing payment through lump sums or instalments with interest, while ensuring the government retains a primary charge on the property until the purchase is fully paid. Its main purpose is to facilitate the rehabilitation of refugees by providing them with essential housing and building sites in India.

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  1. 1. Short title and extent
  2. 2. Definitions
  3. 3. Government to discharge the duties of a "Rehabilitation Authority".
  4. 4. Power of State Government in respect of land
  5. 5. Power of State Government to construct buildings
  6. 6. Conditions applicable in case of sale of sites and buildings to refugees
  7. 7. Provided that the purchaser may at any time pay up the whole of the balance of the purchase price, together with the interest due thereon up to the date of such payment.
  8. 8. Government in the sum of the unpaid portion of the purchase money, interest due or other expenses incurred by the [State] Government.
  9. 9. Right of inspection etc
  10. 10. Recovery as arrears of land revenue
  11. 11. Forfeiture for breach of terms
  12. 12. Appeal and revision
  13. 13. Exemption from Stamp Duty and Registration
  14. 14. Government under this Act.
  15. 15. Protection of officers
  16. 16. Government, Rehabilitation Authority or any other person acting or purporting to act under this Act or the powers conferred by the rules made under this Act.
  17. 17. Cognizance of an offence
  18. 18. Power to make rules
  19. 19. Repeal

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