Street, Drainage and Building Act 1974

Extract

[...] Repeal (cancel officially) any other written law in force immediately before that commencement and rendered obsolete (disused) or unnecessary by any provision thereof; • 135. Power of State Authority to make transitional provisions, etc. The State Authority may, by regulations, make such provision as it may consider necessary or expedient for the purpose of removing any difficulties occasioned by the coming into force of this Act, and any such regulations may be so made so as to have effect as from the commencement of this Act. [...]

[...] Private streets may be declared public streets 14. Widening of private streets Payments to be made before erection of buildings in respect of street works Refund of deposit when street works have been completed Regular line of street may be prescribed 25. Provision of footways, etc Local authority may put up lamp-posts and lamps PART II – STREETS the Situation of water-pipes, etc., to be altered at expense of the local authority. Where road is injured by excavation local authority may repair and recover expenses. [...]

[...] Order to review safety and stability in the course of erection of building. of approval of any • 70C. Revocation plan, specification and permission. • 70D. Inspection of erection of building at any stage and taking of sample for analysis. • 72. Demolition or removal of unauthorized building. [...]

[...] • 76. Prohibition of building on insanitary ground. • 84. Power to shut up and secure deserted buildings. • 89. Order for demolition of house unfit for (cancelled or annulled) (without official authorization) (unclean enough to endanger health, contaminated) (forsaken by owner or inhabitants) habitation. PART VI – MISCELLANEOUS 91. [...]

[...] Local authority may require removal or alteration of urinals PART IV - BACKLANES Local Authority may require land for part of back lane Local Authority may recover cost of acquisition for laying out or construction of back lanes 68. Declarations of backlanes as public street 68(3). Removal of Obstruction PART V – BUILDINGS (refer UBBL) • 70. Notice of new buildings. • 70A. Earthworks. • 70B. [...]