The owner through the licensed architect, engineer, structural engineer, as the case may be (RTP) who has supervised the construction, shall give notice to the Authority regarding completion of work described in the building permission. The completion certificate shall be submitted in the prescribed form by four sets of completion plan. One of the sets, duly certified as completion plan shall be returned to the owner along with the issue of full occupancy certificate. The certificate should also be accompanied by necessary NOC’s wherever required from other authorities like Director, Fire Service, Pollution Control Board or as per Assam Health Establishment Act 1993 & rules 1995 as the case may be for that particular building.
(a) “Occupancy Certificate”:- The Authority, on receipt of the completion certificate, shall inspect the work and sanction or refuse an occupancy certificate within 21 days from the date of receipt of completion certificate, after which period it shall be deemed to have been approved by the Authority for occupation provided the building has been constructed as per the sanctioned plans. Where the occupancy certificate is refused, the various reasons shall be quoted for rejection at the first instance itself.
(b) Part Occupancy Certificate:- Upon the request of the holder of the building permission the Authority may issue a part occupancy certificate for a building or part thereof before completion of the entire work as per building permission provided sufficient precautionary measures are taken by the holder of the building permission to ensure public safety and health safety. The part occupancy certificate shall be given by the Authority subject to the owner indemnifying the Authority as per the proforma given in Appendix-IV.
18 (a) Violation Penalty: - Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of these Byelaws or any requirements or obligation imposed on him by virtue of these Byelaws or who interferes with or obstruct any person in the discharge of his duties shall be guilty of an offence and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine not exceeding Rs. 1000/- per day and may also be imposed after the day of his first conviction.
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(b) Existing buildings:- Nothing in the regulations shall require the removal, alteration or amendment or prevent the continuance of use and occupancy in a lawfully safety of life and property.
(c) The Authority shall have the power to carry out inspection of the work at various stages to ascertain whether the work is proceeding as per the provisions of rules and sanctioned plan. Section 88 of Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority Act. 1985 shall apply for the action proposed to be taken for any violation/ deviation of sanctioned plan.
(d) No correspondence regarding building permission and land sale permission with the applicants will be served in their premises, but will be made available in the reception counter of the Authority and applicants are required to collect the same from the counter. This includes NOC and all objection letters relating to building permission & land sale.
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