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TypeBare Act JurisdictionWest Bengal Government

Howrah Improvement Act, 1956 Section 67

Thc Baard may, for canying out lhc purposes of this Act, and purchmor 1fiw by

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Howrah Improvement Act, 1956 Section 67 is part of Howrah Improvement Act, 1956 - Thc Baard may, for canying out lhc purposes of this Act, and purchmor 1fiw by. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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1956. XIV of 1956.1 (Clrnpter- III.-Itrlpro~~o1re,1,Scl~crrles.-Sccriol~ 65.1 whereupon such slreet shall1 vcsl in thc ' [(Howrah Municipal Corporauon orany Municipality of Howrah,) as the case may hc,] and bc maintained, kept in rcpilir, ligllted and clearcd by them; nr, i f thc '[(Howrah Municipal Corparation or any Municipality of Howrah,) as Ihc cnsc may bc,] are of opinion that ccrtain works are requircdro bc donc hcforc sucll dcclara~ion may hc mndc, 10 require the Board lo complctc sucll works: Providcd as follows:-

(a) no engineering or acuon~modarionworks. not included in rile schemes s:~nctioncdby the Staic Governnicn~undcr seclion 50, shall bc rcquircd lo be done by the Board except with 111u Iarlcr's consenr as a condition o r such ~ransfcr;

(b) wllcn cer~ainworks in conncction w i ~ hthe street can be taken up orily al'tcr a lapsc o r time lo allow forconsotidntion of roads or thc crcction of buildings on borh sidcs, the declnration sliall no1 be put off ill they arc completed, but sllall be madc, within rhc ~ i m cprescribed under this suh- sccrion on thc Board giving an underlaking [ha! they shall , complete the works whcn askcd by ~I~e-~[(Howrah Municipnl Corporation or any Municipality of Howrah,) ;IS thc cnsc may be,] lo do so.

(2) As soon as thc works rcquircd 10 bc do~lcby he '[(Howrah Municipal Corpornrion or any Municipality or Howrai~.)as the casc may bc,] as aroresaid are cnmplcrcd, thc Board sllall repon the lac1 to thcm; and il sball be thcir duly to dcclarc thc strecl lu be ;r public strcc! by wri~rennotice arlixcd in somc conspicuous position in such strcct within two monrhs From rhc darc or receipt of the reporl, a n thc cxpiry of which pcriod rhc liability of the Board lo maintain t l ~ cslrccr and the slreet ligll~ingor lo pay rhc municipal rarcs, if any. asscsscd on the lands comprised within sucl~street shall ccasc.

(3) Whcn ;my opcn space, park, garden or lakc has bccn provided by thc Board in cxccuring any iniprovcmcnl sctlcmc, and die Board are or npinion that sucll open space. park, gardcn or lakc should be translemed lo thc Comnlissioncrs of the Howrah Municipality, lhcy may p a s a resolution to that cll'cct, and such open spacc, park, garden or lake shall lhcrcupon \pcsl in and be ~naintainedat lhc expcnsc or the '[(Howrah Municipal Corporauon or any Municipality or Howrail,) as he casc may be,]: Prt~vidcdthat rhc: Com~l~issionersOF thc Howrah Municipality m a y rcquirc lhc Board. bcfore any such opcn spucc, park, garden or lake i s [West Bcn. Act (Cl~crpterIll.-Irrrprove~~re~rrSclierrres.Secrio~l66.-Clropter I V- Acqrriritio~tcrird Disposal of L.uljrl.-Sectio~r 67.) umslcrrcd, 10 enclose, level, drain and lay oul such opcn space, park, pardcn or lake and provide foolpaths therein and, if necessary, to provide lamps and o ~ t ~ apparatus er for lighting it: Provided lurther that no open space, park, garden or lake transfcrrcd to thc '[(Howrah Municipal Corporation or any Municipality of Howrah,) as thc casc may be,] shall bc pcimanenlly closcd or Icascd out for building purposcs without thc prcvious approval OF thc Sralc Govcrnmcnt.

(4) If any diffcrencc of opinion arises between [he Board and lhc '[(Howrah Municipal Corporation or any Municipalily of Howrah,) as the casc may bc,] in rcspccl of any martcr rcfcrrcd ro in thc rorcgoing provisions of [his section, the matter shall be referred lo [he Slare Government whose decision shall be 6nal: Providcd ha1 thc Sratc Govcmmcnt, in dcciding a dispurc regarding rhc taking ovcr by rhc '[(Howrah Municipal Corpora!ion or any Municipality of Howrah,) as Ihe case may bc,] of a public smcr, opcn spacc. park or gardcn providcd by rhc Board,may ?[direct hc Corporation or h e Municipalily, LS h e case may be,]10takc it ovcr within a specified date and ?[or the Corporation or he Municipalj~y,as h e case may be, falling] to comply wiih [he direcrion lo pay lo h e Board the cost of ils maintenance from thc said specihd date ro rhe dale on which ir is raken Section 66 - over 66. [Appticario~lof secrior~65 ro ollrer Mrwicipali/iex.-Ot~~i~red by s. 27 o j rlie Howrah Itrzpro~~enrerzl (Anieridrizenr) Acr. 1995 (Wcsl Bell. Act XV of 1995)l. Acquisition and Disposal of Land. Pawcrlo with thc prcvious sanclion of he Statc Govcmmcnt- ~rccnmt (i) cntcr into an agrcerncnL with any pcrson for chc purchase. and ro ocquire lmd or taking on Icase by the Board from such pcrson, of any under the land or any interest in such land; or l a d Acquisition Act. 1894. 'The words "or II-IC B d l y Municipality, u h w s c niay h."wcn: first inscncd, in section 65, by s. 30 or the Horumh ilhmpmvemen~(Amtndrnm~)ACI, 1983 (WCSI Bcn. Act XLllI of 1983). Theredtcr, thc words within Ihc firs1 bmckca wcre substituted Tor the words e n H o w d Municipality or h c B d y Municipality" in sub-sefuons (2); " C o r ~ ~ r ~ ~ i s s i oofnrhe (31, (4) md 'proviso lo sub-section (4)',by $5, 26(b). 26(c). 26)d)(i) and 7qd)(ii)(A). nspxti vely, of the Hownh lmpmvcnrnt (Arncndnlcnt)Am 1995 (WEI Ben.A a XV of 1995). Thc words within the square bnckcts werc subsri~utcdTor thc words "dirccr Ihc Commissioners" by s. 26(d)(ii)[B), ibid. 'The work wilhin II- sq Iw C b n c k were ~ subsulu~edfor the words "on he Commisionus idling" by s. Zd(d)(ii)(C), ibid. The Holvrnlr I~ilprovertietnA cr,

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