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 27: Owner's consent ordinarily to be obtained.
16 Save as provided in this Act, no building or land shall be entered without the consent of the occupier, or if there is no occupier, of the owner thereof, and no such entry shall be made without giving the said occupier or owner, as the case may be, not less than twenty four hours’ written notice of the intention to make such entry:
Provided that no such notice shall be necessary if the place to be inspected is a shed for cattle or a latrine, urinal or a work under construction.
Notes:
16. Subs. by Act 43 of 1964, s. 14, for “No building or land” (w.e.f. 27-2-1965).
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