Metro Railway Construction of Works Act 1978

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1. Short title, commencement and application.-——(1) This Act may be
called the Metro Railways (Construction of Works) Act, 1978.
(2) It shall come into force on such date1 as the Central Government may,
by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
(3) It applies in the first instance to the metropolitan city of Calcutta; and
the Central Government may, byantification inthe Official-Gazette, declare . ,
that this Act shall also apply to Lshucu other metropolitanmcity,iand With effect
from such date \as may be specified in thatnotaificatipn antlgthereuploln the.“ a
provisions of this Act shall apply to ,t'li'atcity accordingly. 4 l ' l ' "
2. Definitions—(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a) ”AdviSory Board” means the Advisory Board constituted under
section 4; I
(b) 2["appeilate authority”] means the Zl[”appellate authority”]
appointed under section 16,-
(c) “building” means a house, outhouse, stable, latrine, urinal, shed,
hut or wall or any other structure or erection, whether of masonry
bricks, wood, mud, metal or any other material or any part of a
building, but does not include a plant or machinery installed in a
building or any part thereof or any portable shelter;
(d) “commissioner” means a commissioner of metro railway
appointed under section 27;
5[(e) "competent authority” means the competent authority appointed
under section 16,-]
(f) ”development” with its grammatical variations means the
carrying out of building, engineering, mining or other operations
in, on, over or under land or the making of any material change
2. Subs. by Act 41 of 1982, sec. 2, for “arbitrator” (wet. 15—5-1983).
3. Subs. by Act 41 of 1982, sec. 3 for clause (e) (wet. 15-5-1983).
Metro Railway Construction of Works Act 1978




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