Section Text
2010.
(2) It extends to the whole of the National Capital Territory of
Delhi.
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Government
may, by notification in the official Gazette, appoint and
different dates may be appointed for different provisions of
this Act and any reference in any such provision to the
commencement of this Act shall be construed as a
reference to the coming into force of that provision.
Section 2 - Definitions (a) “Board” means the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board
constituted under sub-section (1) of section 3 of this Act;
(b) “building” includes a house, out-house, stable, latrine, urinal
shed, hut, jhuggi, wall (other than a boundary wall) or any
other structure whether made of masonry, brick, wood,
mud, metal or any other material but does not include any
portable shelter;
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(c) “Delhi” means the National Capital Territory of Delhi;
(d) “Government” means the Lt. Governor of the National
Capital Territory of Delhi appointed by the President under
article 239 and designated as such under article 239AA of
the Constitution;
(e) “improvement” in relation to any jhuggi jhopri basti means
the activity of improvement as provided under section 11 of
this Act;
(f) “jhuggi” means a structure whether temporary or pucca, of
whatever material made, with the following characteristics,
namely:-
(i) it is built for residential purpose;
(ii) its location is not in conformity with the land use of
the Delhi Master Plan;
(iii) it is not duly authorized by the local authority having
jurisdiction; and
(iv) it is included in a jhuggi jhopri basti declared as such
by the Board, by notification;
(g) “jhuggi jhopri basti” means any group of jhuggis which
the Board may, by notification, declare as a jhuggi jhopri
basti in accordance with the following factors, namely:-
(i) the group of jhuggis is unfit for human habitation;
(ii) it, by reason of dilapidation, overcrowding,
faulty arrangement and design of such jhuggis,
narrowness or faulty arrangement of streets,
lack of ventilation, light or sanitation facilities,
or any combination of these factors, is
detrimental to safety, health or hygiene; and
(iii) it is inhabited at least by fifty households as existing
on 31st March, 2002:
Provided that the Board may, by order, attach
any jhuggi or jhuggis scattered in the nearby areas to
any jhuggi jhopri basti and such jhuggi or jhuggis shall
be deemed to be part of such jhuggi jhopri basti;
(h)“katra” includes a residential building or group of buildings in
which more than one household share
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common facilities which is traditionally and popularly known in
Delhi as a “katra”.
(i) “land” includes benefits arising out of land, things attached
to the earth or permanently fastened to anything attached to
the earth and rights created by law over any street;
(j) “Lieutenant Governor” means the Lieutenant Governor of
the National Capital Territory of Delhi appointed by the
President under article 239 of the Constitution;
(k) “local authority” includes the Delhi Development Authority,
the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, the New Delhi Municipal
Council, the Delhi Cantonment Board, and any other
authority performing the functions of a local authority;
(l) “Master Plan” means the Master Plan for Delhi prepared
under the Delhi Development Act, 1957 (61 of 1957);
(m) “occupier” includes-
(i) any person who for the time being is paying or is liable
to pay to the owner the rent or any portion of the rent
of the land or building in respect of which such rent is
paid or is payable;
(ii) an owner in occupation of, or otherwise using his land
or building;
(iii) a rent-free tenant of any land or building;
(iv) a licensee in occupation of any land or building; and
(v) any person who is liable to pay to the owner damages
for the use and occupation of any land or building;
(n) “official Gazette” means the official gazette of Delhi;
(o)“owner” in respect of clause (b) of section 38 and section 40
of this Act shall have the same meaning as assigned in
clause (37) of section 2 of the Delhi Municipal Corporation
Act, 1957 (66 of 1957), whereas in respect of sub-section
(2) of section 10, sub-section (1) of section 11 and sub-
sections (1) and (4) of section 12, it means the Central
Government, or Government of Delhi , as the case may be,
or their agencies;
(p) “person interested” in relation to any land or building,
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includes any person claiming, or entitled to claim, an interest in
the compensation payable on account of the acquisition of
that land or building under this Act;
(q) “premises” means any land or building or part of a building
and includes – (a) the garden, ground and out-houses, if
any, appertaining to a building or part of a building , and (b)
any fittings affixed to a building or part of a building for the
more beneficient enjoyment thereof;
(r) “public premises” shall have the same meaning as defined in
clause (e) of section 2 of the Public Premises (Eviction of
Unauthorized Occupants) Act, 1971 (40 of 1971);
(s) “redevelopment” means the activity of redevelopment of an
area where jhuggi jhopri basti is situated in accordance with
the provisions of section 12 of this Act;
(t) “regulation” means a regulation made by the Board with the
approval of the Government, under this Act, by notification in
the official Gazette;
(u) “rule” means a rule made by the Government under this
Act, by notification in the official Gazette.
(v) “slum” and “slum area” shall have the same meanings as
assigned to them under the Slum Areas (Improvement and
Clearance) Act, 1956 (96 of 1956);
(w)“unauthorized regularized colonies” mean the unauthorized
colonies regularized from time to time.
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