Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Redevelopment of slums.—(1) Subject to the other provisions of this Act, the proprietary rights of land conferred under sub-section (1) of section 3 shall, as far as practicable, be provided on 'as-is where-is basis': Provided that where the Government decides that the site has untenable habitations, in such circumstances the slum dwellers shall be rehabilitated elsewhere: Provided further that,— (a) where, it is decided that the slum dwellers shall be rehabilitated elsewhere, the site of occupation shall be utilized for any other purpose, as the Government may decide; (b) before issuance of certificate of proprietary rights to a slum dweller, the Authorised Officer shall ensure that he has been dispossessed of existing slum dwelling of untenable habitation; and (c) where, after providing land in the existing slum to the slum dweller, any land remains surplus, the Government may utilize such land for any purpose, as it may decide. (2) In the event of redevelopment, the applicable planning and building regulations shall be applied and wherever any relaxation is felt necessary for implementation of a redevelopment plan, the same may be deemed to have been granted under permissible deviation under the said regulations. (3) During the period of redevelopment, transit space shall be provided to the slum dwellers for such duration as may be necessary and as provided under the housing scheme framed by the Government.