(1} This Act may be called the Manipur State fgggtfli Housing Board Act 1981. figinmw
(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Manipur.
(3} It shall be deemed to have come into force on I the Ist day of April, 1981.
2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires— Definitionsc.
(a) “betterment charge” means the charge declared to be payable under section 42in reSpeet of an increase in the value of land resulting from the execution of a housing or improvement scheme; ’
(13) “Board” means the Manipur State Housing Board censtituted under section 3;
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(m) 2 “Board Premises” means any premises belonging to, or vesting in the Board, or taken on 16338 by the Board or any premises which is entrusted to or in the possession or control of the Board for the purposes of this Act;
“Building meterials” means such commodi— ties or articles as are specified to be building materials for the purposes of this Act by the State Government by notification in the- Manipur Gazette;
“Committee” means any committee appointed under section 16;
“Competent Authority” means any person or authority Authorised by the Government, by notification, to perform the functions of the competent Authority under Chapter (V) for such area as may be specified in the notification;
“Government” means the State Government;
“Chairman” means the Chairman of the Board;
“Housing Scheme” means Housing Scheme made under this Act;
“Land” includes benefits to arise out of land, and things attached to the earth or permanently fastened to anything attached to the earth;
“Member” means Chairman and other members of Board;
“Prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act; ' “Premises” means any land or building or part of a building and includes— 3
(i) the garden, grounds and out houses, if any, appertaining to such building or part of building; and
(ii) any fittings affixed to such building or part of a building for the more beneficial enjoyment thereof;
(n) “Regu1ations” means the regulations made under this Act;
(0) “Rules” means the rules made under this Act;
(p) “Tribunal” means the Presiding Officer, Revenue Tribunal, Manipur.
(q) “Year” means the financial year; and
(r) “Zila Parisad” has the same meaning as defined in the Manipur Panchayati Raj Act, ,
1975.
(s) “District Council” means the District Council constituted under the Manipur District Council (Hill Areas) Act, 1971 (1 of 1971);
(t) “Small Town” means the Small Town declared under sub-section (1) of section 219 of the Manipur Municipality Act, 1976 (Manipur Act 3 of 1976).
CHAPTER-II ESTABLISHMENT OF THE BOARD
3. (1) The State Government shall, by notification in the Manipur Gazette, establish for the purposes of this Act a Board by the name of the Manipur State Housing Board.
(2) The Board shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal and may sue and be sued in its corporate name and shall be competent to acquire and hold property both movable and immovable and to contract and do all things necessary for the purpose of this Act;
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(3) For the purposes of this Act and the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, the Board shall be deemed to be a local authority:
Provided that for the removal of doubt, it is hereby declared that the Manipur Land Revenue and Land Reforms Act, 1960, shall not—
(a) apply to any land or building belonging to or vested in the Board;
(b) apply as against the Board to any tenancies or other like reiationship created by the Board in respect of such land or buiiding;
Provided further that the Manipur Land Revenue and Land Reforms Act, 1960 shall apply to any land or buit— ding let out in favour of the Board.