Punjab Development of Damaged Areas Act, 1952

From: 1952-02-06 - To: 0000-00-00 An Act to provide for the development of damaged areas in the Punjab Preamble.— WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the development of damaged areas in the Punjab; It is hereby enacted as follows:- 1. Short title, extent and commencement.— (1) This Act may be called the Punjab Development of Damaged Areas Act, 1952. (2) It extends to the whole of the Punjab. (3) It shall be deemed to have come into force immediately after the expiry[2] of the Punjab Development of Damaged Areas Ordinance, 1948[3] in the areas in which the said Ordinance was operative at the time of its expiry, and shall come into force in any other area on such date as the Government of the Punjab may, by notification, specify. 2. Definitions.— In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context:- (a) “Building” includes a house, out-house, stable, shed, hut and every other structure whether of masonry bricks, wood, mud, metal or any other material whatever; (b) “Building line” means a line (in rear of the street alignment) up to which the main wall of a building abutting on a projected street may lawfully extend; (c) “Collector” means a Collector as defined in Land Acquisition Act, 1894[4]; (d) “Cost of a scheme” includes all expenses of an Improvement Trust incurred in the making, supervision and execution of the scheme; (e) “Damaged area” means any area notified as such by the Government under section 3 of this Act; (f) “Government” means the Government of the Punjab; (g) “Improvement Trust” or “Trust” means an Improvement Trust constituted under the Punjab Town Improvement Act, 1922[5]; (h) “Land” includes benefits to arise out of land and things attached to the earth or permanently fastened to anything attached to the earth; (i) “Local area” means the area to which the Punjab Town Improvement Act, 1922[6], has been applied and the area within which a Trust has been created for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of that Act; (j) “Notify” means notify by means of a notification in the official Gazette; (k) “Person interested” includes all persons claiming an interest in compensation to be awarded on account of the…