Arunachal Pradesh State Housing Board Act, 2014
No: 14 Dated: Oct, 29 2014
THE ARUNACHAL PRADESH HOUSING BOARD ACT, 2014
(ACT NO. 14 OF 2014)
An Act to provide for the Constitution and Regulation of Housing Board for Arunachal Pradesh; for the purpose of taking measures to deal with the need for housing accommodation and for further amendment of law relating to eviction of persons in unauthorized occupation and for the further amendment of law relating to acquisition of land and for matters connected therewith.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Arunachal Pradesh in the Sixty-fifth Year of the Republic of India as follows: -
CHAPTER - I
Preliminary
1. Short title, Extent and commencement. - (1) This Act may be called the Arunachal Pradesh State Housing Board Act, 2014.
(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Arunachal Pradesh.
(3) It shall come into force on such date or dates as may be notified by the State Government.
2. Definition. - In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, -
(a) "adjoining area" means such area as may be specified to be an adjoining area under section 17 ;
(b) "Board" means the Arunachal Pradesh, State Housing Board established and constituted under section 3 ;
(c) "Board premises" means any premises belonging to or vesting in the Board or taken on lease by the Board or entrusted to or in possession or under the control of the Board under this Act;
(d) "Building materials" means such commodities or articles as are specified by the State Government by notification to be building materials for the purposes of this Act;
(e) "bye-laws" means bye-laws made under section 77;
(f) "Chairman" means the Chairman of the Board ;
(g) "Competent authority" means any person authorised by the State Government, by notification, to perform the functions of the competent authority under Chapter VI for such area as may be specified in the notification;
(h) "Housing scheme" means a housing scheme made under this Act, the rules and regulations made thereunder;
(i) "Land" includes benefits to arise out of land and things attached to the earth or permanently fastened to anything attached to the earth;
(j) "local authority" means a Municipality constituted under the Arunachal Pradesh Municipal Act, 2007 or Gram Panchayat constituted under the Arunachal Pradesh Gram Panchayat Act, 2000;
(k) "Member" means a member of the Board including the Chairman;
(l) "Premises" means any land or building or part of a building and includes: -
(i) Gardens, grounds and out-houses, if any, appurtenant to such building, any fitting affixed to such building or part of a building for the more beneficial enjoyment thereof;
(ii) any fitting affixed to such building or part of a building for the more beneficial enjoyment thereof;
(m) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules under this Act;
(n) "regulations" means regulations made under section 76;
(o) "rent" means the amount payable to the Board in respect of the occupation of the Board's premises and includes the charges for water and electricity payable in respect of water and electricity used or consumed in the premises;
(p) "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Board;
(q) "Tribunal" means the Tribunal specified under section 44; and
(r) "year" means the year commencing on the 1st day of April and ending on the 31 st day of March.
CHAPTER - II
Establishment of The Board
3. Establishment of the Board. - (1) The State Government may, by notification establish a Board to be known as "the Arunachal Pradesh State Housing Board".
(2) The Board shall, by the name aforesaid, be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal with power subject to the provisions of this Act, or the rules made, thereunder, shall have the power to acquire, hold and dispose of property, both movable and immovable, and to enter into contract and may by the said name sue or be sued and do all such things as are necessary for which it is constituted.
(3) For the purposes of this Act and the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, the Board shall be deemed to be a local authority.
Explanation. - The purposes of this Bill referred to in sub-section (3) include the management and use of lands and buildings belonging to or vesting in the Board under or for the purposes of this Act and the exercise of its rights over and with respect to such lands and buildings for the purposes of this Act.