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Section 51

The Puducherry Housing Board Act, 1973Union territory Act of Puducherry · Act 7 of 1974

(1) The Board may hand over any street to a local authority or planning authority concerned after giving a month’s notice, when --

(a) any such street laid out or altered by the Board has been duly levelled, metalled, flagged, channeled, sewered and drained in the manner provided in the scheme sanctioned by the Board or the Government under section 44;

(b) lamp posts necessary for the lighting of such streets have been provided by the Board; and

(c) water and other sanitary conveniences have been duly provided in such streets.

(2) (a) The local authority or planning authority concerned may, after receiving the notice from the Board under sub-section (1), declare the street to be a public street;

(b) The street shall thereupon vest in the local authority or planning authority, as the case may be, and shall thenceforth be maintained, kept in repair, lighted and cleaned by the local authority or planning authority concerned.

(3) When any open space for the purposes of ventilation or recreation has been provided by the Board in executing any housing or improvement scheme, it shall, on completion, be transferred to the local authority or planning authority concerned by a resolution of the Board and it shall thereupon vest in the local authority or planning authority concerned and thereafter be maintained by that local authority or planning authority at its expense:

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Provided that the local authority or planning authority, as the case may be, may require the Board before any such open space is so transferred, to enclose, level, turf, drain and layout such space and provide foot-path therein, and, if necessary, to provide lamps and other apparatus for lighting it.

Prevention or restriction of traffic in street vested in the Board

Where this provision sits

ActThe Puducherry Housing Board Act, 1973
Section51
JurisdictionUnion territory of Puducherry
StatusIn force as published by the source

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