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 38: Competent authority, etc., to be public servants.
The competent authority and any person authorised by 24 it under this Act shall be deemed to be public servants within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860).
Notes:
24. Subs. by Act 58 of 1960, s. 3 and the Second Schedule, for “him” (w.e.f. 26-12-1960).
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