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###### No. 157 Dispur, Thursday, 22nd March, 2018, 1st Chaitra, 1940 (S. E.)

 GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM

 ORDERS BY THE GOVERNOR

 LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT : : : LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

 NOTIFICATION

 The 22nd March, 2018

 No. LGL.221/2017/9.- The following Act of the Assam Legislative Assembly

 which received the assent of the Governor on 16th March, 2018 is hereby published for general

 information.

 ASSAM ACT NO. V OF 2018

 (Received the assent of the Governor on 16th March, 2018)

 THE ASSAM STATE HOUSING BOARD (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2018


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###### 754 THE ASSAM GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, MARCH 22, 2018

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 ACT

further to amend the Assam State Housing Board Act, 1972.

Preamble Whereas it is expedient to amend the Assam State Housing Board Assam

ActNo.I

Act, 1972, hereinafter referred to as the principal Act, in the manner

of 1974

hereinafter appearing;

It is hereby enacted in the Sixty-ninth Year of the Republic of

India as follows

Short title, 1 . (1) This Act may be called the Assam State Housing Board
extent and (Amendment) Act, 2018.
commencement (2) It shall have the like extent as the principal Act.

(3) It shall come into force at once.

Amendment of . In the principal Act, in section 2,-
section 2

(i) after clause (8), the following new clause (8-A) shall be

inserted, namely :-
“(8-A) “Vice-Chairman” means the Vice-Chairman of the
Board;” ;

(ii) in clause (11), in between the words “Chairman” and “ and” ,
the punctuation mark and word Vice-Chairman” shall be

inserted.

Amendment of i. In the principal Act, in section 4,-
section 4

(i) for sub-section (I), the following shall be substituted, namely:-

“(1) The Board shall consist of a Chairman and a Vice-Chairman

appointed by the Government, and the following members,
namely :-

(a) Secretary, Urban Development Department;

(b) Secretary, Finance Department or his representative ;

(c) Chief Engineer, Public Works Department (Road and

Buildings) or his representative;

(d) Chief Engineer, Public Health Engineering Department;

(e) Director, Town and Country Planning, Assam;

(f) Commissioner of Panchayat and Rural Development, Assam

and Director of Municipal Administration, Assam;

(g) Three members to be elected by the Assam Legislative

Assembly from amongst its members.”

(ii) in sub-section (2), in between the words and punctuation mark
“Chairman,” and “or”, the word “Vice-Chairman” shall be

inserted.


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Amendment of 4. In the principal Act, in section 5, the existing provision shall be re­
section 5 numbered as section 5(1) and thereafter the following new sub-section

(2) shall be inserted, namely :-

“(2) The Chairman may from time to time, grant to the Vice-

Chairman such leave as may be admissible under the rules and
any person whom the Chairman appoints to act for the Vice-
Chairman during such absence or leave shall while so acting
be deemed for all purposes of this Act to be the Vice-
Chairman.”

Amendment of 5. In the principal Act, in section 6, in sub-section (1), in between the
section6 words “Chairman” and “or”, the punctuation mark and word “, Vice         -

Chairman” shall be inserted.

Substitution of 6. In the principal Act, for section 7, the following shall be substituted,
section 7 namely

“7.(1) The Chairman, Vice- Chairman and every other member (not

being an ex-officio member) shall hold office during the
pleasure of the Government.

(2) The Chairman or the Vice-Chairman may hold office in a

honorary capacity or on payment of remuneration. If any,
remuneration is to be paid to the Chairman or the Vice-
Chairman, such remuneration and other conditions of service
shall be such as may be prescribed.

(3) The allowances to the members and the remuneration if any, to

the Chairman or the Vice-Chairman shall be paid from the fund
###### of the Board.”

Amendment of 7. In the principal Act, in section 10, in between the words “Chairman”
section 10 and “or”, the punctuation mark and word “, Vice- Chairman” shall be

inserted.

Amendment of 8. In the principal Act, in section 11, in between the words “Chairman”
section 11 and “is”, the words “or Vice-Chairman” shall be inserted.

Amendment of 9. In the principal Act, in section 17, for the existing clause (c), the
section 17 following shall be substituted, namely :-

“(c) every meeting shall be presided over by the Chairman and in

his absence, the Vice-Chairman to preside over the meeting;”

###### S. M. BUZAR BARUAH,
 Commissioner & Secretary to the Government ofAssam,
 Legislative Department, Dispur, Guwahati-6.

Guwahati: Printed and Published by the Dy. Directors (P & S), Directorate of Printing & Stationery, Assam, Guwahati-21.


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