Act Number: 33

Act Name: The Metro Railways (Construction of Works) Act, 1978

Year: 1978

Enactment Date: 1978-08-21

Long Title: An Act to provide for the construction of works relating to metro railways in the metropolitan cities and for matters connected therewith.

Ministry: Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

Department:

Section 6: Power to acquire land, etc.
    Where it appears to a metro railway administration that for the construction of any metro railway or any other work connected therewith--
         (a) any land, building, street, road or passage, or
         (b) any right of user, or any right in the nature of easement, therein,
is required for such construction or work, it shall apply to the Central Government in such form as may be prescribed for acquiring such land, building, street, road or passage or such right of user or easement.
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