Meghalaya State Housing Board Act, 1986
No: 7 Dated: Jun, 02 1986
THE MEGHALAYA STATE HOUSING BOARD ACT, 1986
ACT 7 OF 1986
An Act to provide for the constitution and regulation of Housing Board for Meghalaya for the purpose of taking measures to deal with need for housing accommodation and to deal with the need for housing accommodation and for matters connected therewith.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Meghalaya in the Thirty-Seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows:-
CHAPTER I
PRELIMINARY
1. Short title, extend and commencement:- (1) This Act may be called the Meghalaya State Housing Board Act, 1986.
(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Meghalaya.
(3) It shall be deemed to have come into force 24th day of January, 1986.
2. Definitions:- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a) “Board” means the Meghalaya State Housing Board constituted under Section 3;
(b) “Board Premises” means any premises belonging to or taken on lease by or on behalf of the Board or vested in or entrusted to or in possession or under the control of the Board under this Act;
(c) “Competent Authority” means any person or authority authorised by the Government, by notification, to perform the functions of the Competent authority under this act for such areas as may be specified the notification;
(d) “Chairman” means the Chairman of the Board;
(e) “Government” means the State Government of Meghalaya.
(f) “Housing Scheme” means Housing Scheme made under this act; the rules and regulations framed thereunder.
(g) “Local Authority” includes a Town Committee established under a District Council.
(h) “Member” means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (i) “Prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(j) '‘promises'’ means any land or building or part of a building and includes:-
(i) the garden, grounds and our houses, if any ,apartment to such building or part of a building, and
(ii) any fitting affixed to such building or part of a building for the more beneficial enjoyment thereof;
(k) “Rules” means rules made under this Act;
(l) “Regulation” means Regulation made under this Act;
(m) “Section” means a Section of this Act.
CHAPTER II
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE BOARD
3. Constitution of the Board:- (1) The Government may, by notification for the purposes of this act, establish a Board by the name of the Meghalaya State Housing Board.
(2) The Board shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal with power, subject to the provisions of this Act to acquire hold and dispose of property both movable and immovable and enter into contract and may, by the said name, sue and be sued.