State Housing Board (Amendment) Act, 2018

No: 5 Dated: Mar, 22 2018

THE ASSAM STATE HOUSING BOARD (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2018

ASSAM ACT NO. V OF 2018

    An Act further to amend the Assam State Housing Board Act, 1972.

    Preamble:- Whereas it is expedient to amend the Assam State Housing Board Act, 1972, hereinafter referred to as the principal Act, in the manner hereinafter appearing;

    It is hereby enacted in the Sixty-ninth Year of the Republic of India as follows

1. Short title, extent and commencement:-(1) This Act may be called the Assam State Housing Board (Amendment) Act, 2018.

(2) It shall have the like extent as the principal Act.

(3) It shall come into force at once.

2. Amendment of section 2:- . In the principal Act, in section 2,-

(i) after clause (8), the following new clause (8-A) shall be inserted, namely :-

“(8-A) “Vice-Chairman” means the Vice-Chairman of the Board;” ;

(ii) in clause (11), in between the words “Chairman” and “ and” , the punctuation mark and word Vice-Chairman” shall be inserted.

3. Amendment of section 4:- In the principal Act, in section 4,-

(i) for sub-section (I), the following shall be substituted, namely:-

“(1) The Board shall consist of a Chairman and a Vice-Chairman appointed by the Government, and the following members, namely :-

(a) Secretary, Urban Development Department;

(b) Secretary, Finance Department or his representative ;

(c) Chief Engineer, Public Works Department (Road and Buildings) or his representative;

(d) Chief Engineer, Public Health Engineering Department;

(e) Director, Town and Country Planning, Assam;

(f) Commissioner of Panchayat and Rural Development, Assam and Director ofMunicipal Administration, Assam;

(g) Three members to be elected by the Assam Legislative Assembly from amongst its members.”

(ii) in sub-section (2), in between the words and punctuation mark “Chairman,” and “or”, the word “Vice-Chairman” shall be inserted.

4. Amendment of section 5:- In the principal Act, in section 5, the existing provision shall be renumbered as section 5(1) and thereafter the following new sub-section (2) shall be inserted, namely :- 

“(2) The Chairman may from time to time, grant to the ViceChairman such leave as may be admissible under the rules and any person whom the Chairman appoints to act for the ViceChairman during such absence or leave shall while so acting be deemed for all purposes of this Act to be the ViceChairman.”

5. Amendment of section:- . In the principal Act, in section 6, in sub-section (1), in between the words “Chairman” and “or”, the punctuation mark and word “, Vice - Chairman” shall be inserted.