Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Obligation on owners to comply with scheme after sanction.–– From the date of the notification of the Government, sanctioning a scheme under sub-section (2) of section 3, all owners of land and buildings in the area affected by the scheme who propose to construct or reconstruct or in any way alter or add to buildings, shall conform in every particular with the require- ments of such scheme ; and no building shall be constructed or reconstructed in any area in which building is expressly forbidden in the scheme or which is reserved in the scheme for any propose incompatible with building. 1[7. Order of demolition of buildings. ––(1) Where, on and after the day on which the scheme shall have effect,–– (a) the construction re-construction or alteration of, or addition to, any building has been commenced or is being carried on or has been completed in contravention of the scheme ; or (b) the erection of any building or work has been commenced or carried on without the permission referred to in section 5 or in contravention of any condition subject to which such permission has been granted ; the prescribed authority may, in addition to any prosecution, that may be instituted under this Act, make an order direction that such construction, re- construction, alteration, addition or erection shall be demolished by the owner thereof within such period not exceeding thirty days, as may be specified in the order and on failure of the owner to comply with the order, the prescribed authority may cause the construction, re-construction, alteration, addition or erection, as the case may be, to be demolished and the expenses of such demolition shall be recovered from the owner, as arrears of land revenue :