Act Number: 96

Act Name: The Slum Areas (Improvement and Clearance) Act, 1956

Year: 1956

Enactment Date: 1956-12-29

Long Title: An Act to provide for the improvement and clearance of slum areas in certain Union territories and for the protection of tenants in such areas from eviction.

Ministry: Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

Department:

Section 13: Land acquired by Central Government to be made available to the competent authority.
Where any land in a slum area or clearance area has been acquired under this Act the Central Government shall make the land available to the competent authority for the purpose of executing any work of improvement or carrying out any order of demolition or for the purpose of re-development:
9 Provided that where on any representation from the competent authority, the Central Government is satisfied that any such land or any portion thereof is unsuitable for the purposes mentioned in this section, the Central Government may use the land or allow it to be used for such other public purpose or purposes as it may deem fit.
Notes:
9. Added by Act 43 of 1964, s. 8 (w.e.f. 27-2-1965).
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