Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
In th:s A:t, u'.llr.ss there ij anythin~ 1epugnant in the subject or context:- - ( 1 ) "Authority" shall mean the Local or Regional Authority appointed by the State G:wernment the purpose of administering the Act Unless otherwise appointed by the State Gwernment, the Authority in the case of Municipal areas shall be taken to meau the Municipal Bt>ard and Town C )mmittee Assam Aet for the area constituLed unaer he A5sam Municip.:tl XV of 1957 . Act, 1956. ( 2 ) "Co1mcil" means the Assam Slum Areas (Improvement and Clearance ) Advi 0 ory Council C·Jqs•ituted under Section 3 of this Act. (3) "Building" means any construction for whatso- ever purpose and of whatsoever materials cor.structed and every part thereof, whether used as · human habitation or not and includes plinth wall, chimney, drainage work, fixed platform. verandah, balcony, cornice or projection, or part of a building or anythi ng affixed thereto or any wall, earth 'bank, fence or other const::uction enclosing or delimiting or intended to enclose or delimit any land or space. (4) "Director" means Director of Town and Coun- try Planning or any other officer ::ippointed by the State Government. (5) "Work of im i:: rovement" includes in relation to any building in a slum area the execution of any ·om: or more of the following w:>rks, namely:- (i) necessary repair ; (ii) structural alteration ; (iii) provision of light point and water tap ; (iv) construction of drain, ooen or covered : (v) provision of latrine ; · (lli) provision of additional or improved fixture or fitting ; (vii) opening up or paving of Courtyard ; (viii) removal of rubbi~h ; an<l . / 86 (ix) any other work including the demolition of any building or any part thereof which in the opinion of the authority is neces- sary for executing any of the works speci- fied ah0ve. (6) "Occupier" includes an owner in occupation of or otherwise using h!s own land or building. (7) "Owner" includes any person who is receiving or is entitled to receive the rent, compensation or pre- mium of any building or land whether on his own account or on behalf of hiIPself and others or as agent or -trustee, or who would so rf'.ceive the rent or be entitled to receive it if the building or land were let to a tenant. (B) "Open space" means any land whether enclosed or not, on which not more than one-twentieth part is covered with buildings and the whole of the remain- der has been laid out as a public garden or used for purposes of recreatbn or lies waste and unoccupied. (9) "Prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act (10) "Keci nstituted pl ;t" m ·ans a plot which is in any way a1te1 eel by )he making of a Scheme. (11) "Road" means and includes any highway, street, lane, pathway, :illcy, passageway, carriage- way, footway, square, bridge whether private or public, whether thoroughfare or not, whether existing or proposed in any scheme and includes all bunds, channels_, ditches, drains, culverts, side walks and traffic islands. (12) "Slum clearance" means the clearance of any slum area by the demolition and removal of buildings therefrom . CHAPTER II Constitution of the Council Corutitu-