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Oefinltions : ln this Act, unless the context otheMise requires :- (1) "Affordable Cost' means a cost that is based on the needs and financial capability of the slum dweller, as determined by the State Slum RedevelopmentAuthority/ StateGovernment. (2) "Authority Oflice/' means any officer, the Govemmenl may be order specifically authorize to exercise the powers of the Authorized Offlcer in such area as may be specified therein. 215 (3) "Basic Civic Services" means services of drinking water supply, drainage, sewerage, solid waste dispoBal and street lighting. (4) "Building" includes a house. out-house, stable, shed, hut and other enclosure or structure, whether of masonry bricks, wood, mud, metal or any other material whatsoevel whether used as human dwelling or otherwise; and also includes verandahs, flxed platform, plinths, door-steps, electric meters, walls including compound walls and fencing and the Iike, but does not include plant or machinery comprised in a building. (5) "Carpet Area" means the net usable floor area of a dwelling house, excluding that covered by the walls and the common areas. (6) "State Government land" means land owner by the State Govemment. (7) "Central Govemment land' means land cn med by the Central Govemment or its undertakings. (8) "Chairpe6on" means the Chairperson of the City/ Urban Area Slum Redevelopment Committee appointed under section 8 of the Act. (9) 'Ci9/ U6an Al€a Slum Redevolopment Committos" means the City/Urban Area Slum Redevelopment Committee or Committees appointed under section 7 of this Act. (10) "Collector" means the Collector of a district and includes as Additional Collector or any offlcer specially appointed by the State Government to perform the functions of a Coliector under this Act. (11) "DevelopmenURedevelopment" with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, means the carrying out of any building, engineering or other operations in, on over or under land orthe making of any materialchange in any building or land and includes layout and sub-division ofany land. (12) 'Dweller House" means an all weather singlei multi-stored super structure with adequate basic infrastructure including portable wate( and sanitation for a quality living 216 (13) "Dweller Space" means dwellang house or a piece of land for constructron of a dwelling house ('14) "Floor Space lnderFloor Area Ratio" means the area that can be constructed on a piece of land divided by the total area of the land. (15) "Government" means the State Government of Arunachal Pradesh. (16) "Govemment Land" means any land owned or acquired by the State Government or its undertakings orthe Urban Local Body or DevelopmentAuthority situated in a districtor an urban area as the case may be. (17) "ln-situ slum re-development" means the process of redevelopment ofslum areas by providing dwelling space and other basic civic and infrastructural services to the slum dwellers, or the existing land on which the slum is based. (18) "Land'l includes.benefits lo arise out of land, and things attached to the earth or permanently fastened to anything attached to the earth. (19) t'Laildle8s PeBon" means a person who does notown either in his own name or in the name of any member of his family any dwelling house or land in an urban area. (20) "tllember" in relation to the Cityiurban Area slum Redevelopment Committee. means the member of the City/ UrbanArea Slum Redevelopment Committee appointed under section 8 and includes the Chairperson. (21) "Person" includes an individual and his family. Explanation : - Family, includes husband, wife, minor son, unmanied daughbror any relation by blood wholly dependent on the slum dweller. (22) "Piescribed" means prescribed by rules made undertheAct. (23) "Private Land" means land or/ned by a private person or entity. 217 (24) "Properlyt 6eans the land , the building, all irnprovements , and struqtures thereon, and all easernents, rights and .. appurtenances belonging thereto, and includes every type of right and interest rn land which a perion can have to the exclusion of other persons, such as possession, use and enioyment free from interference, right of disposition and franchises. (25) "Rule' means the rules made under this Act by the State Govertment. (26) "Schdine" means any arrangement or plan prepared '' and declarcd unde;the Act for the proteclion, redevelopment, up-gradation, relocation and resettlement of slum dwellers as provided under section 10. (27) "Slum" or "Slum" Acra" means a compact settlement of , at least twenty househol4s with a collection of poorly built tenemenb, mostly of temporary- nature; cfo\,vded together usually with inadequate sanitary and driqkang water facilities in unhygienic conditions. (28) "Slum Owelled means-any person residing within the limits of a slum area. (29) "Slum Resettlement" means the process of relocation and settlement 6Islum dwellers from the existing untenabfe.slums to an alternativd site with dwellihg space, basic''i{viU and infrastrucluralservices. )t ti (30) "state Sliim Redevelbpmeni Autnority; 'hean5 tne Authority appointed under sectron 11 of thisAct. (31) ''Tonable S€ttlomonf means allslums which do not fallwithin the definition of Untenable Settlements. (32) "Tribunal" meani the Tribunal established by ine State Goyernment llnder the qection 16 of the Act. (33) "Untenable Setllement" are those settlements which are non- environmentally hazardous sites (like riverbank, pond sites, hilly or marshy telrraine , etc.), ecologically sensitive sites (like mangroves, national parks, sanctuaries, etc.), and on land marked tor public utilities and services (such as major roads. railways tracks, trunk infrastrubture, etc ) 218 (34) "Up{radation' means the pftress of improving the quality or expanding of dwelling spaces occupied by slum dwellers -' with provision of basic seMces and infrastruc.ture services and ' includeslandscaping. (35) "Urban Area" means the area comprised within the limits of all cities and torvns classified as urban by the Census 2001/ . 201 1 including the limits of Municipal Corporation or Municipal Council or Nagar Panchayat as constituted under the State Acts, including cantonment board otnotified areas, and shall incluire the planning area as per the Developmenl Plan of a town or City. (36) 'Word6 and expressions used but not defined in thisActshall have he same meaning as indicated under the State Municipal Corporation/ Municipality Act, Stat€ Town Planning Act and/ or the Urban DevelopmedtAct and other relevantAc{s of the State. Chapt r -ll PROPERTY RIGHTS