Keyword(s):
Land, Street Alignment, Building Line, Local Area
AnAct for the Improvement of Certain Areas
WHEREASit is expedient to make provision for the improvement Preamble.
and expansion of towns in Z[Haryana]and whereas the previous
sanction of the Governor-General under section 80-A (3) of the
Government of India Act has been obtained. It is hereby enacted as
follows :-
commencement.
l.(I)ThisActmaybecalledtbePunjabTownImprovementAct, Title,extentand
1922.
(2) It extendsto the whole of3[theState of Hayanal.
(3) This sectionandsection66shallcomeintoforce atonce.The
‘[State] Governmentmaybynotificationproposeto applytherestofthe
Act to the whole or any part of any municipality and to any locality
adjacentthereto,onsuchdateasmaybespecifidinsuchnotification,and
fheAct shallcomeinto operationafter the lapseofthreemonthsunless
withinthat periodthemunicipalcommitteeconqnedatmeetingconvened
for the purposk of consideringthe applicaiionofthe Act resolve by a
majorityof two-thirds that theAct shouldnot be so applied.
- InthisActunlessthereissomefhiDgrepugnmtinthesubject Definitions.
or context-
(I) wordsand expressionsnotdehedin thisActhavethe same
meaning as inthe Punjab Municipal Act, 1911, as from time to time
amended(hereinafter called the MunicipalAct);
(2) “land”includeslandasdefinedinclause(a) ofsection3 ofthe
Land AcquisitionAct, 1894;
1 Substituted for the word “Prdvincial”bytheAdaptationof Laws 0rdz950. - Substituted for the word “Punjab”by the Adaptation of Laws (State and
Concurrent Subjtcts) Order, 1968. - Sub-settion (2) substituted by the -HaryanaAdaptation of Laws (State and
Concurrent Subjects) Order, 1968. ThisAct msextended to the territories
which immediately kfort: the 1st November, 1956, were culilprised in the
State of Patiala and East Punjab States Union by Punjab Act 27 of 1965.456
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trust.
(3) “streetalignment”means lines formingthe boundaries ofa
street dividingthesame6omIands adjoiningoneither side;
(4) “buildinglme”means aline(inrmofthe street alignment) up
to which themain wall of abuilding abutting onaprojectedstreet may
lawfullyextend;
(5) “triid’means atribunal constitutedunder section60;
(6) “MunicipalCommittee1’meansthe committeeestablishedin
accordancewiththe povisions oftheMunicipalAct br the municipality
towhich or toanypart ofwhichorto anylocality adjacentto which the
provisionsofthisAct havebeen appliedundersubsection (3) of section
1;
(7) “local area” means the area to which this Act has been
applied and the area within which a trust has been created for the
purposes of carrying out the provisions of the Act;
(8) all references to anythmg done, required, authorised,
permitted, forbidden orpunishable, or to anypowqvested, under this
Act shall include anythng done, required, authorised, pemntted,
forbidden or punishable or any power vested-
(.) by any provision of this Act, or
1 I,.
(bJ by any rule or scheme made under the provisions ofthis
Act, or
(c) under any provision of the MunicipalAct which the trust
has by virtue ofthis Act power to enforce;
(9) “presmlxd” means prescnid by rules made by the
‘[State] Government under this Act;
(I0) “not8cation1’means anotificationpublishedin the2[0fficial
Gazettel.
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