The Assam Town and Country Planning (Amendment) Act,2012
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## THE ASSAM GAZETTE

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 No. 235 Di spur, Monday, 21st May, 2012, 31stBaisakha, 1934 (S.E.)

 GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM

 ORDERS BY THE GOVERNOR

 LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT ::: LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

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###### NOTIFICATION

 The 21st May, 2012 ,

 No. LGL 32/2005/18. - The following Act of the Assam Legislative Assembly which received
 the assent of the Governor is hereby published for general information.

 ASSAM ACT NO. XVII OF 2012

#### (Received the assent of the Governor on 17th May, 2012)

###### THE ASSAM TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING

 (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2012


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further to.amend the Asssan Town and Country Planning Act, 1959.

Preamble Whereas it is expedient further to amend the Assam Town and

###### Assam Act

Country Planning Act, 1959, hereinafter referred to as the
principal Act, in the manner hereinafter appearing; No. II o f

It is hereby enacted in the Sixty-third year of the Republic I960

of India as follows

Short title, 1. (1) This Apt may be called the Assam Town and Country Planning

extent and (Amendment) Act,2012.
commence­

(2) It shall have the like extent as the principal Act.

ment.

(3) It shall come into force at once.

Amendment 2. In the principal Act, in section 13, after sub-section (4), the

of section 13 following sub-section (5) shall be inserted, namely:-

“(5) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-sections (1) to (4)
of this section, the subject matter covered under this section shall
not be applicable in respect of the residents inhabiting the areas Assam Act
notified as a Municipality or a Town Committee under the No. XV of
provisions of the Assam Municipal Act, 1956. All such matters

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relating to the said areas shall be dealt with under section 171 of
the said Act.”

Substitution 3. In the principal Act, for section 22, the following shall be

of section 22 substituted, namely

22. (1) Hie State Government may from time to time, after making

“Power of the State

assessment as to the needs of the localities situated within the areas

Government to

of different development authorities of the State, make rules

make rules

prescribing the minimum width for different classes of public

prescribing the

streets according to the nature of the traffic likely to be carried

width etc.of public

there, the localities in which they are situated, the heights up to

streets.

which buildings abutting thereon may be erected and other similar
considerations including,-
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(i) land sub-division and layout of public street;

(ij) street lanes and setting back of buildings from the regular line
of the Street.

(2) The power to make rules under tins section shall be subject to
the conditionjofprevious publication.

(3) The rules framed by the State Government under this section
shall be followed while preparing the Master plan by the Director
under section 9.


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 (4) Every rule made under this section shall be laid as soon as may be after it is made, before the Assam. Legislative Assembly while it is in session for a total period of fourteen days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions and if, before the expiry of the session in which it is so laid or the session immediately following, the Assam Legislative Assembly agrees in making any modification in the rule or the Assam Legislative Assembly agrees that the rule should not be made, the rules shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect as the case may be, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule.”

 Amendment 4. In the principal Act, in section 74, in sub-section (1), clauses (i),
 of section 74 (ii) and (iii) shall be deleted and the remaining clauses (iv), (v), (vi)
 and (vii) shall be renumbered respectively as (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv).

 MOHD. ABDUL HAQUE
 Secretary to the Govt, of Assam,
 Legislative Department, Dispur.

G u w a h a tiP rin te d and Published by the Dy. Director (P & S), Directorate o f Ptg. & Sty. Assam, Guwahati-21.

' Ex. Gazette No. 469-300 + 600 - 21 -5 - 2012.


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