The Howrah Improvement Act, 1956

Preamble

C West Bengal Act XIV of 1956 THE HOWRAH IMPROVEMENT ACT, 1956. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. Preliminary. Section. 1. Short title, commencement and extent. 2. Definitions. CHAPTER II. The Board of Trustees. Constitution of the Board. elected iaCode 3. Creation and Incorporation of Board. 4. Constitution of the Board. 4A. (Omitted.) 5. Disqualifications for being appointed or elected a Trustee. 6. Appointment of Chairman of the Board. 7. Remuneration of Chairman. 8. Temporary appointment of a salaried officer as Chairman of the Board. 9. Leave of absence or deputation of the Chairman. 10. Appointment, etc., of acting Chairman. 11. Leave of absence of other Trustees. 12. Removal of Chairman or Trustees. 13. Filling of casual vacancies in certain cases. 14. Term of office of Trustees. Conduct of business. 15. Mecting of Board. 16. Temporary association of members with the Board for particular purposes. 17. Constitution and functions of Committee. 18. Meeting of Committees. 19. Fees for attendance at meetings. 20. Trustees and associated members of Board or any Committee not to take part in proceedings in which they are personally interested. 20A. Power of Board to execute certain works or to render certain services. 21. Power to make and perform contracts. 22. Execution of contracts and approval of estimates. 23. Further provisions as to execution of contracts and provision as to seal of Board. 24. Tenders. 25. Security for performance of contract. 26. Supply of documents and information to the State Government. Section. Officers and servants. 27. Statement of strength and remuneration of staff. 28. Board to make rules. 29. Powers of appointment, etc., in whom vested. 30. Sanction of State Government required to certain statements, rules and orders. 31. Control by Chairman. 32. Delegation of certain powers, duties and functions of the Chairman. CHAPTER In. Improvement Schemes. aCode 33. Improvement schemes. 34. Matters to be considered when framing improvement schemes. 35. Matters to be provided for in improvement schemes. 36. Duty of Municipality to prevent misuse of reserved areas. 37. When general improvement scheme may be framed. 38. Authority for making an official representation for a general improvement scheme. 39. Consideration of official representations. 40. When street scheme may be framed. 41. Width of streets. 42. Scheme for the improvement of insanitary bustee area. 43. Re-housing persons displaced by improvement scheme. 44. Housing accommodation scheme. 45. Preparation, publication and transmission of notice as to improvement scheme, and supply of documents to applicants. 46. Transmission to Board of representation by Municipality or other local Authority. 47. Service of notice as to proposed acquisition of land or recovery of betterment fee. 48. Furnishing of copy of, or extracts from, the municipal assessment-book. 49. Abandonment of improvement scheme, or application to State Government to sanction it. 50. Power to sanction or reject improvement scheme. 51. Notifications of sanction to improvement scheme. 52. Alteration of improvement scheme after sanction. 53. Combination of improvement schemes. 54. Transfer to Board for purposes of improvement scheme, of builiding or land vested in the Commissioners of Municipality. 55. Lands acquired for drainage scheme 10 vest in the Board. 56. Provisions of drain or waterwork to replace another situated on land vested in the Board under section 54. 57. Bar to application of certain section of the Calcutta Municipal Act, 1923, to streets vested in the Board. 58. Repair and watering of streets vested in the Board. 59. Guarding and lighting when street vested in the Board is opened or broken up or when street is under construction and speedy completion of work. Section. 60. Prevention of restriction of traffic in street vested in the Board during progress of work. : 61. Provision of facilities when work is executed by Board in public street vested in them. 62. Power to Board to turn o

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