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UTTAR PRADESH SLUM AREAS (IMPROVEMENT AND CLEARANCE) ACT, 1962

उत्तर प्रदेश मलिन बस्ती क्षेत्र (सुधार एवं निष्पादन) अधिनियम 1962

Uttar Pradesh

THE U.P. SLUM AREAS (IMPROVEMENT AND CLEARANCE) ACT, 1962

Act number
18 of 1962
Department
Urban development
Enacted
3 Dec 1962

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41 sections

  1. Section 1Short title, extent and commencement.
  2. Section 2. Definitions.
  3. Section 3Declaration of slum areas.
  4. Section 4Power of competent authority to require improvement of buildings unfit for human habitation
  5. Section 5Inforcement of notice requiring execution of works of improvement
  6. Section 6Expenses of maintenance of works of improvement, etc., to be recoverable from the occupiers of buildings
  7. Section 7Ins by sec 2 of U.P.Act no 23 of 1986
  8. Section 8Power of competent authority to order demolition of buildings unfit for human habitation
  9. Section 9Procedure to be followed where demolition order has been made
  10. Section 10Power to declare any slum area to be a clearance area
  11. Section 11Show cause notice
  12. Section 12Disposal of objections
  13. Section 13Slum clearance order
  14. Section 14Power to refuse permission to redevelop the land in a clearance area
  15. Section 15Redevelopment of land in settlement area
  16. Section 16Power of Competent Authority to redevelop clearance area or any part thereof
  17. Section 17Power of State Government to acquire land
  18. Section 18Land acquired by the State Government to be made available to the Competent Authority
  19. Section 19Payment of compensation
  20. Section 20Determination of compensation.
  21. Section 21Apportionment of compensation
  22. Section 22Payment of compensation or deposit of the same in court
  23. Section 23Tenant in slum areas not to be evicted without permission of the Competent Authority
  24. Section 24Right of Appeal.
  25. Section 25Power of entry and inspection
  26. Section 26Power of eviction to be exceed only by the Competent Authority
  27. Section 27Power to remove offensive or obnoxious trades from slum areas.
  28. Section 28Powers of officers and authorities in hearing and disposal of objections and the procedure to be followed
  29. Section 29Appeals.
  30. Section 30Penalties
  31. Section 31Offences by companies
  32. Section 32Order of demolition of buildings in certain cases
  33. Section 33Jurisdiction of courts
  34. Section 34Application of certain provisions of the Indian Limitation Act, 1908 (Act IX of 1908
  35. Section 35Power to delegate
  36. Section 36Protection of action taken in good faith
  37. Section 37Competent Authority, etc. to be public servant. Act XLV of 1860
  38. Section 38Act to override other basic
  39. Section 39Power to make rules
  40. Section 40Control by the State Government
  41. Section 41Power to make regulations