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Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act, 1976 Section 338

Title: Building Unfit for Human Habitation

State: Karnataka

Year: 1976

.....human habitation until the Commissioner certifies in writing that the causes rendering it unfit for human habitation have been removed to his satisfaction or the standing committee withdraws the prohibition. (3) When such prohibitory order has remained in operation for three months, the Commissioner shall report the case to the standing committee which shall thereupon consider whether the building should not be demolished. The standing committee shall give the owner not less than thirty days' notice of the time and place at which the question will be considered and the owner shall be entitled to be heard when the question is taken into consideration. (4) If upon such consideration the standing committee is of opinion that the building has not been rendered fit for human habitation and that steps are not being taken with due diligence to render it so fit and that the continuance thereof is a nuisance or dangerous or injurious to the health of the public or to the inhabitants of the neighbourhood, it shall record a decision, to that effect with the grounds of the decision, and the Commissioner shall, in pursuance of the said decision by notice, require the owner to demolish.....

Karnataka Municipalities Act, 1964 Section 230

Title: Buildings or Rooms in Buildings Unfit for Human Habitation

State: Karnataka

Year: 1964

.....is raised by such owner or occupier within such period appears to the standing committee invalid or insufficient, the municipal council may by an order in writing prohibit the further use of such building or room as a dwelling. (2) When any such prohibition as aforesaid has been made, the Municipal Commissioner or Chief Officer shall cause notice of such prohibition to be affixed to, and the letters "U.H.H." to be painted on the door or some conspicuous part of such building or room, as the case may be; and no owner or occupier of such building or room shall use or suffer the same to be used for human habitation until the Municipal Commissioner or Chief Officer certifies in writing that the building or room, as the case may be, has been rendered fit for human habitation. (3) The municipal council may further at its discretion serve upon the owner of the building a notice requiring him within such time not being less than thirty days as may be specified in the notice to execute the works of improvement specified therein and stating that in its opinion those works will render the building fit for human habitation. In addition to serving a notice under this section on the.....

New Delhi Municipal Council Act 1994 Section 279

Title: Power of Chairperson to Order Demolition of Buildings Unfit for Human Habitation

State: Central

Year: 1994

.....be deemed to be unfit as aforesaid if it is so far defective, in one or more of the said matters that it is not reasonably suitable for occupation in that condition. (7) For the purpose of section 277, section 278 and this section, "work of improvement" in relation to a building includes any one or more of the following works, namely:-- (a) necessary repairs; (b) structural alterations; (c) provision of light points and water taps; (d) construction of drains, open or covered; (e) provision of latrines and urinals; (f) provision of additional or improved fixtures and fittings; (g) opening up or paving of courtyard; (h) removal of rubbish, filth and other polluted and obnoxious matter; (i) any other work including the demolition of any building or any part thereof which, in the opinion of the Chairperson, is necessary for executing any of the works specified above. (8) The provisions of section 276, section 277, section 278 and this section shall not apply in relation to any building in any area which has been declared to be a slum area under the Slum Areas (Improvement and Clearance) Act, 1956 (96 of 1956).

Karnataka Housing Board Act, 1962 Section 60

Title: Housing Accommodation to Be in Good Habitable Condition

State: Karnataka

Year: 1962

.....for review, as the case may be, has been finally determined. (b) The State Government may, on such appeal or application for review, make an order either confirming or quashing or varying the notice, and such order of the State Government shall be final and conclusive. (4) If a notice served on the Board under sub-section (1) is not complied with, then, after the expiration of the time specified in the notice or, if an appeal or an application for review has been made against the notice and upon that appeal or application for review the notice has been confirmed with or without variation, after the expiration of twenty-one days from the final determination of the appeal or application for review, or of such longer period as the State Government, in determining the appeal or application for review, may fix, the State Government or the local authority or the court, as the case may be, may itself cause the work required by the notice, or by the notice as varied by the State Government, to be done. (5) Any expenses incurred by the State Government or a local authority or a court under sub-section (4), together with interest at six percent per annum, from the date when a.....

Karnataka Municipalities Act, 1964 Section 231

Title: Power of City Municipal Councils to Order Demolition of Buildings Unfit for Human Habitation

State: Karnataka

Year: 1964

.....date of the order, and that it shall be demolished within six weeks after the expiration of that period. (4) In determining for the purposes of section 230 and this section whether a building is unfit for human habitation, regard shall be had to its condition in respect of the following matters, that is to say, -- (a) repair; (b) stability; (c) freedom from damp; (d) natural light and air; (e) water supply; (f) drainage and sanitary conveniences; (g) facilities for storage, preparation and cooking of food and for the disposal of rubbish, filth and other polluted matter; and the building shall be deemed to be unfit as aforesaid if and only if it is so far defective in one or more of the said matters, that it is not reasonably suitable for occupation in that condition. (5) For the purposes of section 230 and this section, "work of improvement" in relation to a building includes any one or more of the following works, namely:-- (a) necessary repairs; (b) structural alterations; (c) provision of light points and water taps; (d) construction of drains, open or covered; (e) provision of latrines and urinals; (f) provision of additional or improved.....

New Delhi Municipal Council Act 1994 Section 277

Title: Power of Chairperson to Require Improvement of Building Unfit for Human Habitation

State: Central

Year: 1994

(1) Where the Chairperson upon information in his possession is satisfied that any building is in any respect unfit for human habitation, he may, unless in his opinion the building is not capable at a reasonable expense of being rendered fit, serve upon the owner of the building a notice requiring him within such time not being less than thirty days as may be specified in the notice to execute the works Of improvement specified therein and stating that in his opinion those works will render the building fit for human habitation. (2) In addition to serving a notice under this section on the owner the Chairperson may serve a copy of the notice on any other person having an interest in the building whether as a lessee, mortgagee or otherwise. (3) In determining whether a building can be rendered fit for human habitation at a reasonable expense regard shall be had to the estimated cost of the work necessary to render it so fit and the value which it is estimated that the building will have when the works are completed.

Slum Areas (Improvement and Clearance) Act, 1973 Section 9

Title: Power of Prescribed Authority to Order Demolition of Building Unfit for Human Habitation

State: Karnataka

Year: 1973

.....as may be specified by the said authority, execute such works of improvement in relation to the building, as will in the opinion of the said authority, render the building fit for human habitation or that it shall not be used for human habitation until such authority on being satisfied that it has been rendered fit for that purpose cancels the undertaking, the prescribed authority shall not make any order of demolition of the building. (3) If no such undertaking as is mentioned in sub-section (2) is given, or if in a case where any such undertaking has been given, any work of improvement to which the undertaking relates is not carried out within the specified period or the building is at any time used in contravention of the terms of the undertaking, the prescribed authority shall forthwith make an order of demolition of the building requiring that the building shall be demolished within such period as may be prescribed.

Manipur Municipalities Act, 1994 Section 132

Title: Building Unfit for Human Habitation

State: Central

Year: 1994

(1) If a building, or a loom in a building is in the opinion of the Nagar Panchayat or as the case may be, the Council unfit for human habitation in consequence of the want of proper means of drains or ventilation or otherwise, the Nagar Panchayat or as the case may be, the Council may, by notice, prohibit the owner or occupier thereof from using the building or room for human habitation or suffering it to be so used whether absolutely or not unless, within a time to be specified in the notice he effects such alteration therein as is specified in the notice. (2) Upon failure of a person to whom notice is issued under sub-section (1) to comply therewith, the Nagar Panchayat or as the case may be, the Council may require by further notice the demolition of the building or room. (3) Any person who uses a building or room or suffers to be used contrary to the provision of sub-section (1) shall be punishable with fine not exceeding five hundred rupees, and with a further fine not exceeding one hundred rupees for every day during which the offence is continued after the first conviction.

Karnataka Housing Board Act, 1962 Section 64

Title: Compensation for House Unfit for Human Habitation

State: Karnataka

Year: 1962

Where any land is acquired by the Board under sub-section (1) of section 63, the compensation payable in respect thereof shall be determined in accordance with the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, subject to the condition that the compensation to be paid for a house unfit for human habitation and not capable at reasonable expense of being rendered so fit, shall be the value of the land as a site cleared of the building.

Kolkata Municipal Corporation Act, 1980 Complete Act

State: West Bengal

Year: 1980

..... (7) "building of the warehouse class" means a building, the whole or a substantial part of which is used, or intended to be used, as a warehouse, factory, manufactory, brewery, or distillery, or for any similar purpose, which is neither a "domestic building" nor a "public building" as defined in this section, and includes a hut used or intended to be used for any of the purposes mentioned in this clause; (8) "bustee" means an area containing land not less than seven hundred square metres in area occupied by or for the purposes of any collection of huts or other structures used or intended to be used for human habitation. Explanation.-If any question arises as to whether any particular area is or is not a bustee, the Corporation shall decide the question and its decision shall be final; (9) "Kolkata" means the area described in Schedule I; 3 Clause (10) omitted by s. 2 of the Calcutta Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Act, 1996 (West Ben. Act VI of 1996) (with retrospective effect from 4.12.1995), which was earlier as under: '(10) "candidate" in section 75 and in Schedule III means a person who has been nominated as a candidate at any election of a Councillor or who claims.....