Slum Areas (Improvement and Clearance) Act, 1973 Complete Act - Bare Act

StateKarnataka Government
Year1973
Act Info:
Preamble 1 - KARNATAKA SLUM AREAS (IMPROVEMENT AND CLEARANCE) ACT, 1973
Chapter 1
Section 1 - Short title, extent and commencement
Section 2 - Definitions
Chapter 2
Section 3 - Declaration of slum areas
Chapter 3
Section 4 - Registration of building in slum areas
Section 5 - Restriction on building, etc., in slum areas
Chapter 3
Section 5A - Application
Section 5B - Prohibition of construction of building without previous permission
Section 5C - Demolition of buildings unlawfully commenced, carried on or completed
Section 5D - The Karnataka Municipal Corporation Act, 1976 and other laws not affected
Chapter 4
Section 6 - Power of prescribed authority to require execution of works of improvement in slum areas
Section 7 - Power to execute works of improvement to slum areas and to recover expenses
Section 8 - Expenses of maintenance of works of improvement, etc., to be recoverable from the occupiers of the land or building
Section 9 - Power of prescribed authority to order demolition of building unfit for human habitation
Section 10 - Procedure to be followed where demolition order has been made
Chapter 5
Section 11 - Power to declare any slum area to be slum clearance area
Section 12 - Obligation to clear area and demolish buildings
Section 13 - Power to clear slum clearance areas
Section 14 - Owner may re-develop
Section 15 - Power of prescribed authority to re-develop clearance area
Section 16 - Rules to provide for transfer to previous occupants
Chapter 6
Section 17 - Power to acquire land
Section 18 - Land acquired to vest in Government free from all encumbrances
Section 19 - Right to receive amount
Section 20 - Amount payable
Section 21 - Appeal against order fixing the amount
Section 22 - Apportionment of amount
Section 23 - Payment of amount
Section 24 - Payment of interest
Section 25 - Appeal to High Court
Section 26 - Power of prescribed authority in relation to determination of amount
Section 26A - The Board to have power to acquire land by agreement
Section 27 - Use of land acquired
Section 27A - Carrying out the development and allotment of sites etc.
Section 27B - Recovery of sums due to the Board
Chapter 7
Section 28 - Proceedings for eviction of tenants not to be taken without permission of the prescribed authority
Section 29 - Appeal against order refusing permission
Section 30 - Restoration of possession of premises vacated by a tenant
Section 31 - Rent of buildings in slum areas
Section 32 - Chapter not to apply to tenants of certain buildings
Chapter 8 - THE KARNATAKA SLUM CLEARANCE BOARD
Section 33 - Establishment of the Karnataka Slum Clearance Board
Section 34 - Constitution of the Board
Section 35 - Vacancy not to invalidate proceedings
Section 36 - Conditions of service of Chairman and other members
Section 37 - Appointment of officers and servants
Section 37A - Powers and duties of the Commissioner
Section 38 - Conditions of service of officers and servants
Section 39 - General disqualification of members, officers and servants
Section 40 - Functions of the Board
Section 41 - Finance, accounts and audit
Section 42 - No disqualification in certain cases
Section 43 - Power of Board to make regulations
Section 44 - Board to comply with directions of Government
Section 45 - Powers of the State Housing Board to cease
Section 46 - Transfer of certain assets and liabilities of the State Housing Board to the Board
Section 47 - Board to enforce certain contracts and agreements
Section 48 - Payment of certain amount by the State Housing Board to the Board
Chapter 9
Section 49 - Board to exercise the powers of prescribed authority
Section 50 - Service of notices and orders
Section 51 - Powers of entry
Section 52 - Power of inspection
Section 53 - Power to enter land adjoining land where work is in progress
Section 54 - Power to enter into building
Section 55 - Entry to be made in the day time
Section 56 - Occupiers consent ordinarily to be obtained
Section 57 - Powers of eviction
Section 58 - Power to remove dangerous or offensive trades from slum areas
Section 59 - Appeal
Section 60 - Order of demolition of buildings in certain cases
Section 61 - Disposal of proceeds of sale of materials of demolished building and recovery of expenses
Section 62 - Penalties
Section 63 - Offences by companies
Section 64 - Prosecution and trial of offences
Section 65 - Composition of offences
Section 66 - Bar of jurisdiction of civil courts
Section 67 - Prescribed authority, etc., to be public servants
Section 68 - Protection of action taken in good faith
Section 69 - Delegation of powers of Government
Section 70 - Act to override other laws
Section 71 - Power to make rules
Section 72 - Application of the Act to certain pending cases of acquisition
Section 73 - Laying of rules and notifications