Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) Where the prescribed authority on a report from the .Board. the local Power or authority concerned, the Housing Board or an officer authorised by the State ~~~~~~.,i Government for this purpose or on ot11er information in its possession is satis- to orde{ fied that any building in a slum area is unfit for human habitation and is not ~fmol~~ld,ng capable at a reasonable expense of being rendered so fit, it <;hall serve upon u116t for the owner of the building and upon any other person having an interest in the :::::tiou. building, whether as lessee. mortgagee or otherwise. a notice to sbow cause, within such time as may be specified in the notice, as to why an ord..:r of . demolition of the building should not be made. (2) If any of the persons upon whom a notice has been served under sub- section (I) appears in pursuance thereof before the prescribed authority and gives an undertaking to that authority that such person shall. within such period as may be specified by the authority. t"Xec11le such 'vorks of improvement in relation to the building as will. in the opinion of that authority, render the building fit for human habitation or that it shall not be used for human habita- tion until the prescribed authority on bein.Q satisfied that it has been rendered fit for human habitation, cancels the undertaking-. the prescribed <ittthority shall not make any order of demolition of the building. (3) If no such undertaking as is mentioned in .<;uh-section (2) is given. or if, in a case where any such undertaking has been given. any work of improve- ment to which the undertaking relates is not carried out within the specified period or the building is at any time used in contravention of the terms of the undertaking. the prescribed authority shall forthwith make an order of demoli- tion of the buildin~. requiring that the buildin!? shall be vacated 'vithin a period to be specified in the order not being less than five davs from the date of the order and that it shall be demolished within four weeks after the expiration of that period: Provided that, before any such order is made. the prescribed authority shall as far as practicable secure accommodation in advance for housin!l the occupiers ~ fM.Y be disboused as a result of such demolition. 130 GUJ. GOVT. GAZ., l<:X., )lAY 16, 1973/VAISAKHA 25, 1895 [PART·IV J>.l'Q()Odure to