Section 247
Section 247 of the Assam Municipal Corporation Act, 2022. The Corporation may, with due regard to the minimum widths specified for various categories of streets including the footpaths adjoining the same, define the regular line on one or both sides of any public street or portions thereof in accordance with the regulations made in this behalf and may rede
(1) The Corporation may, with due regard to the minimum widths specified for various categories of streets including the footpaths adjoining the same, define the regular line on one or both sides of any public street or portions thereof in accordance with the regulations made in this behalf and may redefine at any time any such regular line:
Provided that before such defining or redefining, as the case may be, the Corporation shall, by notice, afford a reasonable opportunity to the residents of premises abutting on such public street to make suggestions or objections with respect to the proposed defined or redefined line of the street and shall consider all such suggestions or objections which may be made within one month from the date of publication of such notice:
Provided further that the street alignment of any public street operative under any law for the time being in force in any part of the Municipal Corporation area immediately before the commencement of this Act, shall be deemed to be the regular line of such public street defined by the Corporation under this sub-section. The line defined or redefined shall be called the regular line of the street.
(3) No person shall construct or reconstruct any building or a portion thereof or any boundary wall or other structure whatsoever within the regular line of a street.
(4) The Commissioner shall maintain a register containing such particulars as may be specified by the Corporation in this behalf, with plans attached thereto, showing all public streets in respect of which the regular line of the street has been defined or redefined and containing any other particulars which he may deem necessary.
(5) All such registers shall be open to inspection by any person on payment of such fee, and any extract therefrom may be supplied on payment of such charge, as may be determined by Corporation by regulations. Setting back buildings to regular line of street.
Section 247, The Assam Municipal Corporation Act, 2022 (Act 8 of 2022).
Questions about Section 247
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When was the Assam Municipal Corporation Act enacted?
Assam Municipal Corporation Act was enacted in 2022 as Act 8 of 2022. India Code records no commencement date for it. It is in force as at the date shown on this page.
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