(1) The State Government may, by notification, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act.
(2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:—
(a) the manner of publication of copies of the schemes framed under this Act ;
(b) the manner of publication of the notice referred to in sub-section (1) of section 14 ;
‘c) the manner of taking possession of a property by a prescribed authority under sub-section (3) of section 14 ;
(d) the time within which an appeal under section 17 shall be filed and the manner and procedure of disposing of such appeal ; and
(e) such other matters as are required to be, or may be, prescribed.
V. V. GIRI, President.
N. D. P. NAMBOODIRIPAD, Joint Secy. to the Govt. of India.
Reasons for the enactment The rapid growth of population and overcrowding have created bad slums in the whole of the State of West Bengal and particularly in the cities of Calcutta and Howrah. The average density of population in these two cities has gone up considerably in recent years. The common features of these slum areas are mainly dilapidated conditions of tenements, lack of civil amenities and community facilities. The continued existence of such slums is a menace to the safety, health and morals of the inhabitants and it is of imperative necessity ;that improvements in, and clearance of, the slum areas have to be taken in hand immediately. The Government of West Bengal has not been able to effectively tackle the problem as •the provisions of the Calcutta Slum Clearance and Rehabilitation of Slum-dwellers Act, 1958, are not considered to be: ad- , equate for carrying out slum clearance and other improvement :measures. It is, therefore, considered necessary that a comprehensive Slum Improvement and Clearance Act should be 'enacted under which Government should have the requisite :powers for , carrying out improvements in a slum area, clearance of slums and, if required, for the redevelopment of slum areas.
2. It is also necessary, for the purpose of carrying out improvements in a slum area, that the Government should have power to acquire any land or other immovable property, or to acquire the right of user in respect of any land, on payment of compensation. A certain percentage of the compensation shall be paid in cash and the balance thereof shall be paid either in cash or in bonds, at the option of the owner of the property which has ben acquired.
3. Since the earlier Act is applicable to the area sought to be covered by the present Act, a provision has been made to the effect that so long as the present Act is applicable to
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4. The Committee constituted under the proviso to subsection (2) of section 3 of the West Bengal State Legislature (Delegation of Powers) Act, 1970 (17 of 1970), has been consulted before the enactment of this measure as a President's Act.
P. R. NAYAK, Secy. to the Govt. of India, Ministry of Health and Family Planning and Works, Housing and Urban Development.
(Department of Works, Housing and Urban Development).
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