(1) This Act may be called the Calcutta Slum Clearance Short title, and Rehabilitation of Slum-dwellers Act, 1958. commencement
(2) It shall come into force on such date as the State Govern- andextent.
ment may by notification appoint.
(3) It shall apply to Calcutta or to such portion or portions thereof as the State Government may, from time to time, by notification declare. The State Government may by notification extend it to any other town or local area in West Bengal specified in such notification.
Explanation.—In this sub-section, "Calcutta" means the area Act described in Schedule I to the Calcutta Municipal Act, 1951, as in.
XXXII deemed to have been amended under section 594 of that Act.
1961.
in. Act 1 of ln8al XV of
32.
2. In any area to which this Act applies— Repeal :
Rd sections 393 to 413 (both inclusive) of, and Parts VIII pa and b and IX of Schedule XVI to, the Calcutta Municipal bien Act, 1951, and sections 335 to 362 (both inclusive) erection or of, and Parts VIII and IX of Schedule XVII to, the addition Calcutta Municipal Act, 1923, as extended to the jonatint,,, Municipality of Howrah by notification No 260M., hut, eta.
dated the 18th January, 1932, by the Government of Bengal in the Ministry of Local Self-Government and sections 334 to 317 (both inclusive) of, and Sections E, F and G and Form B of Schedule VI to, the Bengal Municipal Act, 1932, as the case may be, shall stand repealed, and 2 The Calcutta Slum Clearance and Rehabilitation of Slum-dwellers Act, 1958.
[West Ben. Act (Sections 3, 4.)
(b) notwithstanding anything contained in any of the aforesaid Acts, no new hut or collection of huts shall be erected or no addition to, or alteration in, any such hut or collection of huts, shall be made in such area except with the permission in writing of the prescribed authority and subject to such restrictions or conditions, if any, as may be prescribed.
Definitions.
3. In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,—
(1) "hut" means any structure, no substantial part of which, excluding the walls up to a height of eighteen inches above the floor or floor-level, is constructed of masonry, reinforced concrete, Ferro-conerete, cemented brickwork, steel, iron or other metal, or any combination of these materials ;
"notification" means a notification published in the Of ficial Gazette;
"prescribed" means prescribed by roles made under this Act ;
(4) "prescribed authority" means any person appointed by the State Government, by notification, to perform all or any of the functions of the prescribed authority under this Act ;
"slum" means any land containing a collection of huts or other structures used or intended to be used for human habitation ;
(6) "slum-area" means any area declared as such by the State Government under section 4.
(2)
(3)
(5) Denten, 4. (1) If the State Government is satisfied that in any crea— tion of slum-area.
(a) the huts or other structures used or intended to be used for human habitation are unfit for such purposes, or
(6) the unhealthy or unhygienic condition thereof or of the huts or other structures therein, is dangerous or injurious to public health or to the health of the inhabitants of the area, the State Government may, by notification, and in such other manner as may be prescribed, proclaim its intention to declare such area to be a slum-area.
Pte. CgEau66a Awl Clearance and Raltabilitation, of 3 Slum-dwellens act, 1954.
XX of 1953.]
(Section 5.)
(2) Upon the publication of such a notification and within two months of such publication, the person or persons affected by such notification may make representations in writing to the State Government, stating the grounds of their objection to the intended declaration.
(3) Upon consideration of such representations, if any, the State Government may withdraw the notification mentioned in sub-soetion (1) or may, by notification, declare such area or any portion thereof to be a slum-area.