Declaration of slum areas

(1) Where the Government are satisfied that- (a) any area is or may be a source of danger to the health, safety or convenience of the public of that area or of its neighborhood, by reason of the area being low-lying, insanitary, squalid, overcrowded or otherwise; or (b) the buildings in any area, used or intended to be used for human habitation are- (i) in any respect, unfit for human habitation; or (ii) by reason of dilapidation, over-crowding, faulty arrangement and design of such buildings, narrowness or faulty arrangement of streets, lack of ventilation, light or sanitation facilities, or any combination of these factors, detrimental to safety, health or morals, they may by notification, declare such area to be a slum area. (2) In determining whether a building is unfit for human habitation, for the purposes of this Act, regard shall be had to its condition in respect of the following matters, that is to say:- (i) repair, (ii) stability, (iii) freedom from damp, (iv) natural light and air, (v) water-supply, (vi) drainage and sanitary conveniences, (vii) facilities for storage, preparation and cooking of food and for the disposal of water waste; and the building shall be deemed to be unfit as aforesaid, if and only if it is so defective in one or more of the said matters that it is not reasonably suitable for occupation in that condition. (v) The notice for execution of works of improvement referred to in sub-section (1) of section 6 of the Act shall be in the Form appended to these rules – vide Appendix ‘E’. (1) The Board may be authorized to deposit, its funds in one or more Nationalised Commercial Banks of ‘A’ Class Schedule Banks in such accounts as may be found convenient, up to a maximum monetary limit of one hundred lakhs of rupees in each bank. (2) The Bank account shall be opened by the name of the Board. In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires. (a) “Board Servant” means any person who is an Officer or a servant of the Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board constituted under Tamil Nadu Slum Areas (Improvement and Clearance) Act, 1971 or any of its units but does not include a servant of the Central or State Government or local authority whose services have been lent to the Board. (b) Service Association includes a Federation or a Confederation of Service Associations.