The Tamil Nadu Laws (Special Provisions) Act, 2007

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This Act temporarily prevents local authorities from demolishing unauthorized buildings or evicting street vendors and slum residents within the Chennai Metropolitan Planning Area. It applies to property owners, land developers, and street occupants who bypassed planning permits, violated Master Plan zoning laws, or occupied public streets before July 2007. The law matters because it suspended all eviction and demolition notices for one year, maintaining the status quo. This crucial pause gave the state government the necessary time to draft comprehensive, sustainable urban planning policies to manage illegal developments and street occupation without causing immediate widespread displacement or sudden property destruction.

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1. Short title and commencement.
2. Definitions
3. Government to finalise norms and policy guidelines, etc.
4. The provisions of this Act not to apply in certain cases.
5. Act to override other laws.
6. Power to give directions.
7. Repeal and saving.

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