(1) It shall be the duty of the Board to take necessary measures to maintain , allot, lease or other..:!
wise use the Board premises and to collect r ents, com pensation and damages in respect thereof
(2) The Board may,-
(i) provide technical advice to the State Govern ment and scrutinize projects under housing schemes in the area to which this Act extends when required by the St ate Government to do so;
(ii) undertake research on various problems con nected with housing li.n general and find out in particular the economical methods of cons tructing houses suited to local cqnditions ;
(iii) undertake comprehensive surveys of pro blems of housing ;
(iv) grant loans to individuals or body of indivi duals for building houses under different schemes either at their own instance or under the direction of the State Government and recover the loans in such m anner and in such procedure as may be prescribed;
(v) do all things for-
(a) unificatli.on, simplification and standardisation of building materials ;
(b) encouraging pre-fabrication and mal.is pro duction of house components;
(c) organising or undertaking the productli.on of building materials for residential or non-re sidential house ;
(d) securing a steady and sufficient supply of wotkmen trained in the work of construction of buildings.
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a " 21 Board to as aume 38. The Board shall, subject to the general control man~c;ment of of the State Government, assume management of all requmtioned lands. such lands requisitioned or continued to . be subject to requisition, by or under the aut~o~i.ty of the Sta~e. ~o vernment under the Assam Requisition and Acquisition Act, 1964 or by or under any corresponding law for the time being in force, as the State Government may dd.rect.
Rccon-1titution of plots.
Power to exempt Schemes from provisions of sec tions 26 to 31.
Power to pur chase or lease by agreement.
39. A housing scheme may provide-
(a) for the formation of a reconstituted plot by the alterations of the boundaries of an original plot; ·
(b) with the consent of the owners that .two or more original plots each of whd.ch is held in ownership in severaley or in joint ownership shall, with or without alteration of bounda ries be held d.n ownership in common as a reconstituted plot;
(c) for the allotment of a plot to a_ny own~r dis possessed of land in furtherance of the hous ing scheme ; and
(d) for the transfer of ownership of a plot from one person to another with the consent Gf such persons.
40. The State Govern~ent may, by general or special order published in the official Gazette, exempt any housd.ng scheme undertaken by the Board from all or any of the provisions of sections 26 to 31 subject to such conditions, if any, as it may impose or may direct that any such provision shall apply to such scheme Wiith such modifications as may be specified in the order.
CHAPTER IV Acquisition and Disposal of Land