(1) Within sixty days from the- date of declaration of any area as slum area under sectit')n 3, the owner of every building in such s] urn area shall apply to the competent au.hot1ty for the r~gistTation of such bmlding and also furnish to the com· ,petent authority such particulars as may be required by it.
- 152 (2 j As soon as may be after the declaration of any area as a slum area under r.ection 3, the competent authority shall- ( a) prepare records for the slum area, comprising a plan of the slum area, and a register enumerating every building thereon with adequate particulars thereof; and .,
(b) issue to the owner of every building in tbe sJum area a registra· tion card showing the particulars of the building concerned. • CHAPTJ;R II I SLUM IMPROVEMENT 5 Power to require e (tculion of works of improvement to slum areas or buildmg therein.-( 1) Where the competent authority upon report from any of its officers or otherwise IS satisfied that any slum area or part thereof can be improved so as to conform to the interests of the health, s1fety or convenience of the residents of that area or of its neighbourhood, or that any building in any slum area can be Improved ~o as to l'ender it fit for human habitation consistent with safety, health or morals and •f in its opinion such improve ment can be c:irried out at a reawnable expense, it may serve upon the owner of o;uch slum area or part thereof or such building a notice requiring him to execute the works of improvement specified ther .:an wtthin such time, • not being less than thirty days, as may be specified in the notice:
Provided that where the owner of the building is different from the owner of the land on which the buddmg stands and the works of improve- • rnent requ1red to be executed relate to provision of water taps or bathing ...
places or construction of firams, open or covered or provision of water·borne latrines or removal of rubbish and mrh works are to be exec~ted outside tbe building, the notice ~ha11 also be ~erved upon the owner of the land:
Provided further that before :,erving a notice under thts sub-section, the competent authority sha ll consult the Chief Town Planner or any officer of the Town Planning Department of the Government authorised by the Government m this behalf
(2) In addition to srrving a notice under sub-section ( 1) on the owner concerned, the competent authority shall serve a copy or the notice on any other person having an interest in the slum area or part thereof or building I or the land on which the buildmg stands, whether as lessee~ mortgagee or otherwise.
(3) In det~~mining, for the purposes of this Act, whether an improve- ra ment can be carr1ed out at a rec1St>nable expense. regard shall be had to the '-' estimated cost of the works of improv~ment and the estimated value that tbe slum area or part thereof or the bUJld• ng will have when the ~orks are completed.
6. Powtr tq tJttcutt works of tmprovement in slum areas and to rtcovtr expenses.
(l) If a notice under section 5 requiring the owner to execute works of im· provement is not complied with within tlte period specified in the notice or • • ' • - -------- .
153 within such further time as the competent authority may give for sufficient reasons, the competent authority may itself execute the works required to be done by the notice.
(2) All expenses incurred by the competent authority under thi! section, together with interest at such rate as the Govtrnment may by ordcr fix from the date when a demand for the expenses is made until payment, may be recovered by the competent authority from the owner as arrears of public revenue due on land:
Provided that if the owner proves that he- ( a) is receiving the rent merely as agent or trustee for some other person; and
(b) has not in his hands on behalf of that otht"1 pe1son "ntfficient money to satisfy the whole demand of the authority, his liability shall be limited to the total :tmount of the money which he lms in his hands as aforesaid.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for lhe time being in force, all expenses incurred by the competent authority under this section shall constitute a first charge on the land or building concerned, sub iect to the charges for any tax or cess payable to the Government .