Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) The State Government may, by notification, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act. (2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:— (a) the manner of publication of copies of the schemes framed under this Act ; (b) the manner of publication of the notice referred to in sub-section (1) of section 14 ; ‘c) the manner of taking possession of a property by a prescribed authority under sub-section (3) of sec- tion 14 ; (d) the time within which an appeal under section 17 shall be filed and the manner and procedure of dis- posing of such appeal ; and (e) such other matters as are required to be, or may be, prescribed. V. V. GIRI, President. N. D. P. NAMBOODIRIPAD, Joint Secy. to the Govt. of India. Reasons for the enactment The rapid growth of population and overcrowding have created bad slums in the whole of the State of West Bengal and particularly in the cities of Calcutta and Howrah. The average density of population in these two cities has gone up considerably in recent years. The common features of these slum areas are mainly dilapidated conditions of tenements, lack of civil amenities and community facilities. The conti- nued existence of such slums is a menace to the safety, health and morals of the inhabitants and it is of imperative necessity ;that improvements in, and clearance of, the slum areas have to be taken in hand immediately. The Government of West Bengal has not been able to effectively tackle the problem as •the provisions of the Calcutta Slum Clearance and Rehabilita- tion of Slum-dwellers Act, 1958, are not considered to be: ad- , equate for carrying out slum clearance and other improvement :measures. It is, therefore, considered necessary that a com- prehensive Slum Improvement and Clearance Act should be 'enacted under which Government should have the requisite :powers for , carrying out improvements in a slum area, clea- rance of slums and, if required, for the redevelopment of slum areas.