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 29: Power to remove offensive or dangerous trades from slum areas.
The competent authority may, by order in writing, direct any person carrying on any dangerous or offensive trade in a slum area to remove the trade from that area within such time as may be specified in the order:
Provided that no order under this section shall be made unless the person carrying on the trade has been afforded a reasonable opportunity of showing cause as to why the order should not be made.
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