Power to declare any slum area to be a slum clearance area.

(1) Where the Government, on a report from the Board or the prescribed authority, or the local authority concerned or the State Housing Board or an officer authorized by the Government for this purpose are satisfied as respects any slum area that the most satisfactory method of dealing with the conditions in the area is the clearance of such area and the demolition of all the buildings in the area, they may, by notification, declare the area to be a slum clearance area, that is to say, an area to be cleared of all buildings in accordance with the provisions of this Act: Provided that before issuing such notification the Government shall call upon the owners of the land and buildings in such slum area to show cause why such declaration should not be made and after considering the cause, if any, shown by such owners, the Government may pass such orders as they may deem fit. (2) Any part of the slum area or any building in the slum area which is not unfit for human habitation or dangerous or injurious to safety, health or morals may be excluded from the notification under sub section (1) if the Government consider it necessary. (3) The notification under sub-section (1) shall specify each of the buildings to be demolished and the area to be cleared. The notices to be served under these rules shall be in the Forms given in Annexure.