{"act":{"id":"assam-municipal-corporation-act-2022","short_title":"The Assam Municipal Corporation Act, 2022","long_title":null,"act_number":"8","act_year":2022,"enact_date":null,"enforcement_date":null,"ministry":null,"department":null,"jurisdiction":"Assam","unit":"section","section_count":368,"in_force":true,"spent":false,"spent_note":null,"duplicate_of":null,"text_source":"ocr","scan_url":"https://indiacode.ecourtsindia.com/scan/4bdb8f2a-0dcc-4f76-9c7c-8d6da8ab50d9.pdf","url":"https://indiacode.ecourtsindia.com/assam-municipal-corporation-act-2022/"},"unit":"section","section":{"number":"249","heading":null,"text":"(1) Where any building or any part thereof is within the regular line of a public street and, in the opinion of the Corporation, it is necessary to set back such building or part thereof to the regular line of such street, the Commissioner shall, by a notice served on the owner of such building in accordance with the provisions of this Act, require him to show cause, within such period as may be specified in the notice, as to why such building or part thereof, which is within the regular line of such street, should not be pulled down and the land within the regular line acquired by the Corporation. (2) If the owner fails to show cause as required under sub-section (1) above, the Commissioner may, with the approval of the Corporation, require the owner, by another notice to be served on him in such manner as may be specified by regulations, to pull down the building or part thereof, which is within the regular line of the street, within such period as may be specified in the notice. (3) If, within such period the owner of the building fails to pull down the building or part thereof as required under sub-section (2) above, the Commissioner may pull down the same, and all the expenses incurred in so doing shall be paid by the owner and be recoverable from him as an arrear of tax under this Act. Setting forward of building to regular line of street.","html":"<p>(1) Where any building or any part thereof is within the regular line of a public street and, in the opinion of the Corporation, it is necessary to set back such building or part thereof to the regular line of such street, the Commissioner shall, by a notice served on the owner of such building in accordance with the provisions of this Act, require him to show cause, within such period as may be specified in the notice, as to why such building or part thereof, which is within the regular line of such street, should not be pulled down and the land within the regular line acquired by the Corporation. (2) If the owner fails to show cause as required under sub-section (1) above, the Commissioner may, with the approval of the Corporation, require the owner, by another notice to be served on him in such manner as may be specified by regulations, to pull down the building or part thereof, which is within the regular line of the street, within such period as may be specified in the notice. (3) If, within such period the owner of the building fails to pull down the building or part thereof as required under sub-section (2) above, the Commissioner may pull down the same, and all the expenses incurred in so doing shall be paid by the owner and be recoverable from him as an arrear of tax under this Act. Setting forward of building to regular line of street.</p>","words":249,"text_source":"ocr"},"classification":[],"instruments":[],"judgments":[],"corresponds_to":[],"url":"https://indiacode.ecourtsindia.com/assam-municipal-corporation-act-2022/section/249/","note":null,"source_note":"Read from the Government's own scanned gazette with Azure Document Intelligence, then split into sections by their numbering. India Code publishes no text for this Act. The scan itself is mirrored into our own storage and served at /scan/4bdb8f2a-0dcc-4f76-9c7c-8d6da8ab50d9.pdf, so the reading here can be checked against the page it came from without depending on India Code's own copy staying where it is (it was at https://indiacode.gov.in/server/api/core/bitstreams/610a677f-104b-48d6-a380-d50e09198f79/content).","judgments_note":"Judgment holdings are the ratio decidendi as extracted from the order by eCourts India, reproduced unaltered. Reported judgments only.","licence":"Published with commentary and other original matter under s.52(1)(q)(ii), Copyright Act 1957."}