(1) This Act may be called the Puducherry Housing Board Act, 1973.
(2) It extends to the whole of the Union territory of Puducherry.
+(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint:
Provided that different dates may be appointed for different regions of the Union territory of Puducherry and any reference in this Act to the commencement of this Act shall, in relation to any region, means the date on which this Act comes into force in that region.
Definitions
2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, --
(1) "betterment fee" means the fee declared to be payable under section 63 in respect of an increase in the value of land resulting from the execution of a housing or improvement scheme;
(2) "Board" means the Puducherry Housing Board established under section 3;
(3) "Board premises" means any premises belonging to, or vesting in, the Board or taken on lease 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;
(4) "Chairman" means the Chairman of the Board;
+ This Act came into force w.e.f 26-05-1975 vide Notification published in EG No. 49 dt. 21.05.1975.
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(5) "Committee" means any committee appointed under section 16;
(6) "competent authority" means any person or authority authorised by the Government, by notification in the Official Gazette to perform the functions of a competent authority under Chapter VIII;
(7) "Government" means the Administrator appointed by the President under article 239 of the Constitution;
(8) "housing or improvement scheme" means a scheme framed in accordance with the provisions of Chapter V;
(9) "land" includes benefits to arise out of land, and things attached to the earth or permanently fastened to anything attached to the earth;
(10) "member" means the member of the Board;
(11) "Planning Authority" means a Planning Authority constituted under the Puducherry Town and Country Planning Act, 1969;
(12) "premises" means any land or building or part of a building and includes-
(i) the garden, grounds and outhouses, if any, appertaining to such building or part of a building; and
(ii) any fittings affixed to such building or part of a building for the more beneficial enjoyment thereof;
(13) "region" means any one of the regions known as Puducherry, Karaikal, Mahe or Yanam of the Union territory;
(14) "regulations" means the regulations made under this Act;
(15) "rules" means the rules made under this Act;
(16) "Town Planning Act" means the Puducherry Town and Country Planning Act, 1969;
(17) "Union territory" means the Union territory of Puducherry.
CHAPTER – II CONSTITUTION AND WORKING OF THE BOARD Establishment and constitution of the Board