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The Tamil Nadu Slum Areas (Improvement and Clearance) Act, 1971

The Tamil Nadu Slum Areas (Improvement and Clearance) Act, 1971

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This law governs how the Tamil Nadu government manages and improves slum areas across the state. It empowers the Slum Clearance Board to declare specific neighborhoods as slum areas if they are unhealthy, overcrowded, or dangerous. The Act allows the government to carry out "improvements" like building better water taps, drains, and latrines, or to perform "clearance" by demolishing dilapidated structures that are unfit for living. Its purpose is to protect public health and safety by upgrading living conditions in these communities and removing hazardous structures.

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Chapter 1 PRELIMINARY →

  1. 1Short title, extent and commencement
  2. 2Definitions
  3. 3Declaration of slum areas

Chapter II DECLARATION OF SLUM AREAS. →

    Chapter III PREVENTION OF GROWTH OF SLUMS. →

    1. 4Registration of buildings
    2. 5Restriction on buildings, etc., in slum areas

    Chapter IV IMPROVEMENT OF SLUM AREAS →

    1. 6Power of prescribed authority to require execution of works of improvement to slum areas.
    2. 7Power to execute works of improvement to slum areas and to recover expense.
    3. 8Expenses of maintenance of works of improvements, etc., to be recoverable from the occupiers of the land or building.
    4. 9Power of prescribed authority to order demolition of building unfit for human habitation.
    5. 10Procedure to be followed where demolition order has been made.

    Chapter V SLUM CLEARANCE AND RE-DEVELOPMENT →

    1. 11Power to declare any slum area to be a slum clearance area.
    2. 12Obligation to clear area and demolish buildings
    3. 13Power to clear slum clearance areas
    4. 14Owner may re-develop
    5. 15Power of prescribed authority to re-develop clearance area
    6. 16Rules to provide for transfer to previous occupants

    Chapter VI ACQUISITION OF LAND →

    1. 17Power to acquire land
    2. 18Land acquired to vest in Government free from all encumbrances
    3. 19Right to receive compensation
    4. 20Compensation
    5. 21Matters to be neglected in determining compensation
    6. 22Appeal against order of compensation
    7. 23Apportionment of compensation
    8. 24Payment of compensation
    9. 25Payment of interest
    10. 26Appeal to High Court
    11. 27Power of prescribed authority in relation to determination of compensation etc.
    12. 28Use of land acquired

    Chapter VII PROTECTION OF [OCCUPANTS] IN SLUM AREAS FROM EVICTION →

    1. 29Proceedings for eviction of occupants not to be taken without permission of the prescribed authority
    2. 30Appeal against order refusing permission
    3. 31Restoration of possession of premises vacated by an occupant
    4. 32Rent of buildings in slum areas
    5. 33Chapter not to apply to an occupant of certain building

    Chapter VIII SLUM CLEARANCE BOARD →

    1. 34Establishment of Slum Clearance Board
    2. 35Constitution of the Board
    3. 36Conditions of service of members
    4. 37Appointment of officers and servants.- (1) The Secretary to the Board shall be
    5. 38Conditions of service of officers and servants
    6. 39General disqualification of members, officers and servants
    7. 40Functions of the Board
    8. 41Finance, accounts and audit.
    9. 42No disqualification in certain cases.
    10. 43Power of Board to make regulations.
    11. 44Board of comply with directions of Government.
    12. 45Powers of the State Housing Board to cease.
    13. 46Transfer of certain assets and liabilities of the State Housing Board to the Board.
    14. 47Board to enforce certain Contracts and agreements.
    15. 48Payment of certain amount by the State Housing Board to the Board.

    Chapter IX MISCELLANEOUS →

    1. 49Board to exercise the powers of prescribed authority
    2. 50Service of notices and orders.
    3. 51Power of entry.
    4. 52Powers of inspection.
    5. 53Power to enter land adjoining land where work is in progress.
    6. 54Power to enter into building.
    7. 55Entry to be made in the day time
    8. 56Occupier’s consent ordinarily to be obtained
    9. 57Powers of eviction
    10. 58Power to remove dangerous or offensive trades from slum areas
    11. 59Appeal
    12. 60Order of demolition of buildings in certain cases
    13. 61Disposal of proceeds of sale of materials of demolished building and recovery of expenses
    14. 62Penalties
    15. 63Offenses by companies
    16. 65Bar of Jurisdiction of civil courts
    17. 66Prescribed authority, etc. to be public servants
    18. 67Protection of action taken in good faith
    19. 68Delegation of powers of Government
    20. 69Act to voverride other law
    21. 70Power to make rules
    22. 71Application of the Act to certain pending cases of acquisition
    23. 72Publication of the rules, the date of the commencement of the rules and notifications and placing of rules and notifications on the table of the Legislature
    24. 73Repeal of Tamil Nadu Act XI of 1954
    25. 74Repeal of Tamil Nadu Ordinance 1 of 1971

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