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THE TOWN IMPROVEMENT ACT, 1922
(Punjab Act IV of 1922)
C O N T E N T S
CHAPTER I
PRELIMINARY
Sections
1. Title, extent and commencement.
2. Definitions.
CHAPTER II
CONSTITUTION OF TRUSTS
3. Creation and incorporation of Trust.
4. Constitution of Trust.
5. Removal of trustees.
6. Resignation of trustees.
7. Remuneration of chairman and other trustees.
8. [Repealed]
9. [Repealed]
10. [Repealed]
11. [Repealed]
CHAPTER III
PROCEEDINGS OF THE TRUST AND COMMITTEE
12. Meetings of Trust.
13. Associate members.
14. Constitution and functions of committees.
15. Meetings of committees.
16. Trustees and associated members of Trust or committee not to take part in proceedings in which they are personally interested.
17. Power of Trust to fix number and salaries of permanent servants and appointment of temporary servants in cases of emergency.
18. [Repealed]
19. Control by chairman.
20. Delegation of certain of chairman's functions.
21. Supply of information and documents to the Government.
21-A. Control over the activities of Improvement Trust.
SCHEMES UNDER THE ACT
22. Matters to be provided for by general improvement scheme or rebuilding scheme.
23. Street schemes and deferred street schemes.
24. Development and expansion schemes.
24-A. Housing Scheme.
25. Housing accommodation scheme.
26. Rehousing Scheme.
27. Rehousing of displaced resident house-owners.
28. Combination of schemes and matters which may be provided for in scheme.
29. Effect of prescribing a street alignment on powers of municipal committee.
30. Powers of Trust to set back or forward buildings adjacent to the street alignment.
31. Prohibiting of building beyond a street alignment.
32. Acquisition of property affected by deferred street scheme.
33. Official representation.
34. Consideration of official representation.
35. Matters to be considered when framing improvement schemes.
36. Preparation, publication and transmission of notice as to improvement schemes, and supply of documents to applicants.
37. Transmission to Trust of representation by committee as to improvement scheme.
38. Notice of proposed acquisition of land.
39. Furnishing of information available in municipal records.
40. Abandonment of scheme, or application to Provincial Government to sanction.
41. Power to sanction, reject or return scheme.
42. Notification of sanction of scheme.
42-A. Amendment of sanctioned scheme.
43. Alteration of scheme after sanction.
44. Inclusion of different localities in combined scheme.
CHAPTER V
POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE TRUST
WHERE A SCHEME HAS BEEN SANCTIONED
45. Transfer to Trust of building or land vested in municipal committee for purposes of scheme.
46. Transfer of private street to Trust for purposes of scheme.
47. Provision of drain or water work to replace another situated on land vested in the Trust under section 45 or section 46.
48. Power of Trust to make and deal with public street.
49. Powers under the Punjab Local Government Act, 1975, vested in the Trust.
50. Limitation of powers of Trust under section 49.
51. Power of the Trust to facilitate movement of population.
52. Power to make surveys or contribute towards their cost.
53. Power of entry.
54. Reference of disputes to tribunal.
55. Vesting in committee of streets laid out or altered, and open spaces provided by the Trust under a scheme.
CHAPTER V-A
CONTROLLED AREA
55-A. Controlled Area.
CHAPTER VI
ACQUISITION, TRIBUNALS AND
APPLICATION OF ACT TO OTHER AUTHORITIES
56. Abandonment of acquisition in consideration of special payment.
57. Agreement or payment under section 56 not a bar to acquisition under a fresh declaration.
58. Tribunal to be constituted.
59. Modification of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894.
60. Constitution of tribunal.
61. Remuneration of members of tribunal.
62. Officers and servants of tribunals.
63. Mode of payment.
64. Powers to make rules for tribunal.
65. Award of tribunal how to be determined.
66. Application of Act to acquisition by other local authorities.
66-A. Exemption of land in a housing scheme from Chapter VI.
CHAPTER VII
FINANCE
67. Power of Trust to borrow money.
68. Contribution by municipal committee.
69. Custody and investment of Trust funds.
70. Procedure if the Trust fails to make any payment in respect of loans of the Trust.
71. Procedure if Chairman of Board fails to make any payment due to Accountant-General.
72. Payment by Provincial Government to be a charge on the property of the Trust.
CHAPTER VIII
RULES
73. Power of Provincial Government to make rules.
74. Power of the Trust to make rules.
75. Printing and sale of copies of rules.
76. Power of Provincial Government to cancel rules made under section 74.
CHAPTER IX
PROCEDURE AND PENALTIES
77. Stamping signature on notices or bills.
78. Method of giving public notice.
79. Service of notice.
80. Disobedience to Act or to notice.
81. Powers of Trust to execute works on failure to comply with notice.
82. Liability of occupier to pay in default of owner.
83. Right of occupier to execute works in default of owners.
84. Procedure upon opposition to execution by occupier.
85. Recovery of cost of work by the occupier.
86. Recovery of expenses of removal by Trust.
87. Relief to agents and trustees.
88. Application of Section 142 of the Punjab Local Government Act, 1975.
89. Penalty for removing fence, etc., in street.
90. Power to prevent or demolish building in contravention of sections 30 and 31.
91. Penalty for obstructing contractor or removing mark.
Disposal of fines and damages
92. [Repealed]
CHAPTER X
SUPPLEMENTAL PROVISIONS
93. Trustees, etc. deemed public servants.
94. Contributions by Trust towards leave allowances and pensions of servants of the State.
Legal Proceedings
95. Authority for prosecutions.
96. Powers of chairman as to institution etc., of legal proceedings and obtaining legal advice.
97. Indemnity to Trust, etc.
98. Notice of suit against Trust, etc.
99. Mode of proof of Trust records.
100. Restriction on the summoning of Trust servants to produce documents.
Validation
101. Validation of acts and proceedings.
Compensation
102. General power of Trust to pay compensation.
Dissolution of Trust
103. Ultimate dissolution of Trust, and transfer of its assets and liabilities to the committee.
THE SCHEDULE
Further modifications in the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 hereinafter called "the said Act".
Clauses
1. Amendment of section 3.
2. Notification under section 4 and declaration under section 6 to be replaced by notification under sections 36 and 42 of this Act.
3. Amendment of section 11.
4. Amendment of section 15.
5. Amendment of section 17.
6. Transfer of land to Trust.
7. Amendment of section 18.
8. Amendment of section 19.
9. Amendment of section 20.
10. Amendment of section 23.
11. Amendment of section 24.
12. Further provision for determining compensation.
13. Amendment of section 31.
14. Insertion of section 48-A.
15. Amendment of section 49.
[1]THE TOWN IMPROVEMENT ACT, 1922
(Punjab Act IV of
1922)
[17 November 1922]
An
Act for the Improvement of Certain Areas
Preamble.— [2][WHEREAS it is expedient to make provision for the improvement and expansion of towns in the Province of [3][the Punjab];]
It is hereby enacted as follows:-
CHAPTER I
1. Title, extent and commencement.— (1) This Act may be called the [4][* * *] Town Improvement Act, 1922.
[5][(2) It extends to the whole of the [6][Province of the Punjab], except the Special Areas].
[7][(3) This section and section 66 shall come into force at once. The Provincial Government may by notification propose to apply the rest of the Act to the whole or to any part of a municipality and to any locality adjacent thereto on such date as may be specified in such notification, and the Act shall apply accordingly after the lapse of three months; unless within that period the Provincial Government directs by a notification that the Act shall not so apply].
2. Definitions.— In this Act unless there is something repugnant in the subject or context—
(1) words and expressions not defined in this Act have the same meanings as in[8][the Punjab Local Government Act, 1975];
(2) “land” includes land as defined in clause (a) of section 3 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894;
(3) “street alignment” means lines forming the boundaries of a street dividing the same from lands adjoining on either side;
(4) “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;
(5) “tribunal” means a tribunal constituted under section 60;
(6) “Municipal Committee” means the committee established in accordance with the provisions of the [9][Punjab Local Government Act, 1975], for the municipality to which or to any part of which the provisions of this Act have been applied under sub-section (3) of Section 1;
(7) “local area” means the area to which this Act has been applied and the area within which a Trust has been created for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of the Act;
(8) all references to anything done, required, authorised, permitted, forbidden or punishable, or to any power vested, under this Act shall include anything done, required, authorised, permitted, forbidden or punishable or any power vested—
(a) by any provision of this Act, or
(b) by any rule or scheme made under the provisions of this Act, or
(c) under any provision of [10][the Punjab Local Government Act, 1975] which the Trust has by virtue of this Act power to enforce;
(9) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made by the [11][Provincial Government] under this Act;
(10) “notification” means a notification published in the [12][Official Gazette];
[13][(11) Housing Scheme” means a housing scheme as defined in the Punjab Acquisition of Land (Housing) Act, 1973; and
(12) “Controlled Area” means an area declared as such under section 55-A of this Act].
[14][CHAPTER II
CONSTITUTION OF
TRUSTS
3. Creation and incorporation of trust.— The duty of carrying out the provisions of this Act in any local area shall subject to the conditions and limitations hereinafter contained, be vested in a board to be called “The (name of town) Improvement Trust” hereinafter referred to as “the trust”, and every such board shall be a body corporate and have perpetual succession and a common seal, and shall by the said name sue and be sued.
4. Constitution of Trust.— The Trust shall consist of a chairman and other trustee to be appointed by the Provincial Government.
5. Removal of trustees.— The Provincial Government may, at any time, remove the chairman or any other trustee and appoint another chairman or trustee, as the case may be, in this place.
6. Resignation of trustees.— (1) The chairman or any trustee may at any time resign his office:
Provided that his resignation shall not take effect until accepted by the Provincial Government.
(2) Where the office of the chairman falls vacant, either by the resignation of the incumbent or due to any other cause, the Provincial Government may appoint one of the trustees to act as the chairman till such time as the chairman is appointed.
7. Remuneration of chairman and other trustees.— The chairman and the other trustees shall receive such salary, remuneration or allowances as may be sanctioned by the Provincial Government.]
[Sections
8 to 11, deleted by The Town Improvement (West Pakistan Amendment) Ordinance,
1962 (XVIII of 1962)]
CHAPTER III
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
TRUST AND COMMITTEE
12. Meetings of trust.— (1) (a) The Trust shall ordinarily meet for the transaction of business at least once in every month at such time as it may fix, provided that the chairman may, whenever he thinks fit, and shall, upon the written request of [15][any trustee], call a special meeting.
[16][(b) The quorum necessary for the transaction of business at an ordinary or special meeting shall be the chairman and at least one other trustee, and where the business to be transacted is the formation of any scheme under Chapter IV, the quorum shall be the chairman and [17][half of the number of other trustees, a fraction being counted as one].
(c) At every meeting the chairman, if he be present, or in his absence such one of the trustees present as may be chosen by the meeting, shall preside.
(d) All questions which come before any meeting shall be decided by a majority of the votes of the trustees present; be president of the meeting in case of an equality of votes having a second or casting vote.
(e) Minutes of the names of the trustees present and of the proceedings at each meeting shall be drawn up and recorded in a book to be kept for the purpose, shall be signed by the person presiding at the meeting or at the next ensuing meeting, and shall at all reasonable times and without charge be open to inspection by any trustee.
(2) No trustee shall be entitled to object to the minutes of any meeting unless he was present at the meeting to which they relate.
[18][13. Associate members.— (1) The Trust, may, and if so desired by the Provincial Government, shall associate with itself, in such manner, for such period and for such purposes as may be prescribed by rules made under section 74, any persons whose assistance or advice it may desire in carrying out any of the provisions of this Act, or any persons nominated by the Provincial Government in this behalf, and persons so associated shall be known as associate members.
(2) An associate member shall have the right to take part in the discussions of the Trust, but shall not have a right to vote at a meeting of the Trust and shall not be deemed to be a trustee].
14. Constitution
and functions of committees.— (1)
The Trust may from time to time appoint committees of the Trust consisting of
such persons of any of the following classes as
it may deem fit, namely:-
(i) trustees;
(ii) persons associated with the Trust under section 13;
(iii) other persons whose services, assistance or advice the Trust may desire as members of such committees:
Provided that no such committees shall consist of less than three persons, and that at least one trustee shall be member thereof.
(2) The trust may—
(a) refer to such committees, for inquiry and report, any matter relating to any of the purposes of this Act, and
(b) delegate to such committees by resolution and subject to any rules made under section 74, any of the powers or duties of the trust.
(3) The trust may, at any time, dissolve, or, subject to the provisions of sub-section (1), alter the constitution of any such committees.
(4) Every such committee shall conform to any instructions from time to time given to it by the trust.
(5) All proceedings of any such committee shall be subject to confirmation by the Trust.
(6) Any person associated with the trust under section 13 or appointed a member of a committee of the trust under clause (iii) of sub-section (1) shall be entitled to receive such remuneration either by way of monthly salary or by way of fees or partly in one of these ways and partly in the other as the [19][Provincial Government] may prescribe.
15. Meetings of committees.— (1) Committees appointed under section 14 may meet and adjourn as they think proper; but the chairman of the Trust may, whenever he deems fit, call a special meeting of any such committee, and shall do so upon the written request of not less than two members thereof.
(2) The chairman may attend any meeting of a committee appointed under section 14 whether he is a member of such committee or not, and shall preside at every such meeting at which he is present; if he be absent, any trustee present and being a member of such committee as may be chosen by the meeting, shall preside: provided in this case that if only one trustee is present, he shall preside.
(3) All questions which come before any meeting of such committee shall be decided by a majority of the votes of the members present, the person presiding in case of an equality of votes having a second or casting vote.
(4) No business shall be transacted at any meeting of such committee when less than 2 members or, when the committee consists of more than eight members, when less than one-fourth of such members are present.
16. Trustees and associated members of trust or committee not to take part in proceedings in which they are personally interested.— (1) A trustee who—
(i) has, directly or indirectly, by himself or by any partner, employer, or employee, any such share or interest as is described in the proviso to section 10, in respect of any matter, or
(ii) has acted professionally, in relation to any matter, on behalf of any person having therein any such share or interest as aforesaid,
shall not vote or take any other part in any proceedings of the Trust or any committee appointed under this Act relating to such matter.
(2) If any trustee, or any person associated with the Trust under section 13 or any other member of a committee appointed under this Act, has, directly or indirectly, any beneficial interest in any land situated in an area comprised in any improvement scheme framed under this Act, or in any area in which it is proposed to acquire land for any of the purposes of this Act,—
(i) he shall, before taking part in any proceeding at a meeting of the Trust or any committee appointed under this Act, relating to such area, inform the person presiding at the meeting of the nature of such interest;
(ii) he shall not vote at any meeting of the Trust or any such committee upon any resolution or question relating to such land; and
(iii) he shall not take any other part in any proceeding at a meeting of the Trust or any such committee relating to such area if the person presiding at the meeting considers it inexpedient that he should do so.
17. Power of trust to fix number and salaries of permanent servants and appointment of temporary servants in cases of emergency.— [20][(1)] Subject to such rules as the [21][Provincial Government] may make under clause (iii) of section 73 the Trust may from time to time employ such servants as it may deem necessary and proper to assist in carrying out the purposes of this Act, and may assign to such servants such pay as it may deem fit.
[22][(2) The Provincial Government may from time to time specify the posts under the trust, which shall be filled by persons belonging to the Local Councils Service constituted under Article 44 of the [23]Basic Democracies Order, 1959[24], hereinafter referred to as the Order, and in relation to the said posts and the persons appointed thereto, the provisions of Chapter VIII of Part II of the Order and any rules framed in pursuance thereof shall mutatis mutandis apply and as if any reference in the said provisions and the rules to—
(a) a local council, were a reference to the Trust;
(b) the Controlling Authority, were a reference to the Provincial Government; and
(c) the Order, were a reference to this Act].
18. [Power of appointment, etc.] Omitted by the Punjab Land Revenue (West Pakistan Amendment) Ordinance, 1962 (XVIII of 1962), Section 8.
19. Control by chairman.— The chairman shall exercise supervision and control over the acts and proceedings of all officers and servants of the Trust; and, subject to the foregoing sections, shall dispose of all questions relating to the service of the said officers and servants and their pay, privileges and allowances.
20. Delegation of certain of chairman’s functions.— (1) The chairman may, by general or special order in writing, delegate to any officer of the Trust any of the chairman’s powers, duties or functions under this Act or any rule made thereunder except those conferred or imposed upon or vested in him by sections 12, 15, 21, 46 and 96, respectively.
(2) The exercise or discharge by any officer of
any powers, duties or functions delegated to him under sub-section (1) shall be
subject
to such conditions and limitations (if any) as may be prescribed in the
said order, and also to control and revision by the chairman,
or the Trust.
Supply
of information to Government
21. Supply of information and documents to the Government.— (1) The chairman shall forward to the [25][Provincial Government] a copy of the minutes of the proceedings of each meeting of the trust, within ten days from the date on which the minutes of the proceedings of such meeting were signed as prescribed in clause (e) of sub-section (1) of section 12.
(2) If the [26][Provincial Government] so directs in any case, the chairman shall forward to it a copy of all papers which were laid before the trust for consideration at any meeting.
(3) The [27][Provincial Government] may require the chairman to furnish it with—
(i) any return, statement, estimate, statistics or other information regarding any matter under the control of the trust, or
(ii) a report on any such matter, or
(iii) a copy of any document in the charge of the chairman.
The chairman shall comply with every such requisition without unreasonable delay.
[28][21-A. Control over the activities of Improvement Trust.— If in the opinion of Government, anything done or intended to be done by or on behalf of the Trust is not in conformity with law, or is in any way against public interest, Government may by order—
(a) quash the proceedings;
(b) suspend the execution of any resolution passed or order made by the Trust;
(c) prohibit the doing of anything proposed to be done; or
(d) require the Trust to take such action as may be specified].
CHAPTER IV
SCHEMES UNDER THE
ACT
22. Matters to be provided for by general improvement scheme or rebuilding scheme.— (1) Whenever it appears to the trust that—
(a) any buildings which are used or are intended or likely to be used as dwelling places within its local area are unfit for human habitation, or
(b) danger is caused or likely to be caused to the health of the inhabitants of such local area or part thereof by reason of—
(i) the congested condition of streets or buildings or groups of buildings in such local area or part, or
(ii) the want of light, air, ventilation or proper conveniences in such local area, or part, or
(iii) any other sanitary defects in such local area or part,
the Trust may pass a resolution to the effect that such local area or part is in an insanitary locality and that “a general improvement scheme” ought to be framed in respect of such locality and may then proceed to frame such a scheme.
(2) Whenever the Trust declares any local area or part thereof to be an insanitary locality within the meaning of this section, and is of opinion that having regard to the comparative value of the buildings in such local area or part and the sites on which they are erected it is undesirable to frame a general improvement scheme and the most satisfactory method of dealing with the local area or any part thereof is “a rebuilding scheme,” it may proceed to frame such a scheme, which may provide for the reservation of streets and the enlargement of existing streets; the relaying out of the sites of the local area or part thereof upon the streets so reserved or enlarged; the demolition of existing buildings and their appurtenances upon such sites; and the erection of buildings in accordance with the scheme.
23. Street schemes and deferred street schemes.— (1) Whenever it appears to the Trust that for the purpose of—
(i) providing building sites, or
(ii) remedying defective ventilation, or
(iii) creating new or improving existing means of communication and facilities for traffic, or
(iv) affording better facilities for conservancy,
within its local area or part thereof it is expedient to lay out new streets, thoroughfares and open spaces, or alter existing streets, the Trust may pass a resolution to that effect, and shall then proceed to frame “a street scheme” which shall prescribe improved alignments for streets, thoroughfares and open spaces for such local area or part as the Trust may deem fit.
(2) Whenever it appears to such Trust that for any of the purposes mentioned in sub-section (1) within its local areas or part thereof it is expedient to provide for the ultimate widening of any existing street by altering the existing alignments to improved alignments to be prescribed by the Trust, but that it is not expedient immediately to acquire all or any of the properties lying within the proposed improved alignments, the Trust, if satisfied of the sufficiency of its resources, may pass a resolution to that effect, and forthwith proceed to frame a “deferred street scheme” prescribing an alignment on each side of such street.
24. Development and expansion schemes.— (1) The Trust may, for the purpose of development of any locality within the municipal limits contained in its local area, prepare “a development scheme”, and
(2) Such Trust may, if it is of opinion that it is expedient and for the public advantage to promote and control the development of and to provide for the expansion of a municipality in any locality adjacent thereto, within the local area of such Trust prepare “an expansion scheme”.
(3) “A development scheme” or “an expansion scheme” may provide for the lay-out of the locality to be developed, the purposes for which particular portions of such locality are to be utilised, the prescribed street alignment and the building line on each side of the streets proposed in such locality, the drainage of insanitary localities and such other details as may appear desirable.
[29][24-A. Housing Scheme.— (1) The Trust may, and if so directed by the Provincial Government shall, frame a housing scheme and submit it to the Provincial Government.
(2) Nothing contained in sections 36, 38 and 40 shall apply to a housing scheme].
25. Housing accommodation scheme.— If the Trust is of opinion that it is expedient and for the public advantage to provide housing accommodation for any class of the inhabitants within its local area such Trust may frame “a housing accommodation scheme” for the purpose aforesaid:
Provided
that if the
[30][Provincial Government] are satisfied that within
the Trust area it is necessary to provide housing accommodation for industrial
labour,
the
[31][Provincial Government] may by order require the
Trust to frame a scheme under this section and to do all things necessary under
the
Act for executing the scheme so made; and if the Trust fail within such
time as may be prescribed to frame a scheme to the satisfaction
of the
[32][Provincial Government] and to execute it, the
[33][Provincial Government] may either by order require
the municipal committee to frame and execute a scheme, or themselves frame a
scheme
and take such steps as are necessary to execute it. All expenses
incurred by the
[34][Provincial Government] or by the municipal
committee in the exercise of the powers conferred upon them by this section
shall in the
first instance, be paid out of provincial revenues, but the amount
so spent shall be recoverable from the Trust as if it were a
[35][debt due to the Provincial Government], and the
[36][Provincial Government] may attach the rents and
other income of the Trust. The provisions of section 72 shall also apply to all
moneys
so paid.
26. Rehousing Scheme.— Whenever the Trust deems it necessary that accommodation should be provided for persons who are displaced by the execution of any scheme under this Act, or are likely to be displaced by the execution of any scheme, which it is intended to submit to the [37][Provincial Government] for sanction under this Act it may frame “a rehousing scheme” for the construction, maintenance and management of such and so many dwellings and shops as ought, in the opinion of the Trust, to be provided for such persons.
27. Rehousing
of displaced resident house-owners.— Any resident house-owner who is likely to be displaced by the execution
of any scheme under this Act, may apply to the Trust to be
re-housed, and no
such scheme shall be put into execution until a rehousing scheme as provided
for in section 26 for the re-housing
of such resident house owners as may apply
under this section has been completed.
Explanation— The demolition of a portion of a dwelling house which renders the remaining portion uninhabitable shall be deemed to be a displacement of the person or persons residing in the said dwelling house.
28. Combination of schemes and matters which may be provided for in scheme.— (1) A scheme under this Act may combine one or more types of schemes or any special features thereof.
(2) A scheme under this Act may provide for all or any of the following matters:-
(i) the acquisition under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, as modified by this Act, or the abandonment of such acquisition under sections 56 and 57 of this Act, of any land or any interest in land necessary for or affected by the execution of the scheme, or adjoining any street, thoroughfare, open space to be improved or formed under the scheme; [38][or in case of a housing scheme, acquisition of land under the Punjab Acquisition of Land (Housing) Act, 1973];
(ii) the acquisition by purchase, lease, exchange or otherwise of such land or interest in land;
(iii) the retention, letting on hire, lease, sale, exchange or disposal otherwise of any land vested in or acquired by the Trust;
(iv) the demolition of buildings or portions of buildings that are unfit for the purpose for which they are intended and that obstruct light or air or project beyond the building line;
(v) the relaying out of any land comprised in the scheme and the redistribution of sites belonging to owners of property comprised in the scheme;
(vi) the laying out and alteration of streets;
(vii) the provision of open spaces in the interests of the residents of any locality comprised in the scheme or any adjoining locality and the enlargement or alteration of existing open spaces;
(viii) the raising, lowering or reclamation of any land vested in or to be acquired by the Trust for the purposes of the scheme and the reclamation or reservation of land for the production of fruit, vegetables, fuel, fodder and the like for the residents of the local area;
(ix) the draining, water-supply and lighting of streets altered or constructed;
(x) the provision of a system of drains and sewers for the improvement of ill-drained and insanitary localities;
(xi) the doing of all acts intended to promote the health of residents of the area comprised in the scheme, including the conservation and preservation from injury or pollution of rivers and other sources and means of water-supply;
(xii) the demolition of existing buildings and the erection and re-erection of buildings by the Trust or by the owners or by the Trust in default of the owners;
(xiii) the advance to the owners of land comprised within the scheme upon such terms and conditions as to interest and sinking fund and otherwise as may be prescribed under the scheme of the whole or part or the capital requisite for the erection of buildings in accordance with the scheme;
(xiv) the provision of facilities for communication;
(xv) all other matters which the [39][Provincial Government] may deem necessary to promote the general efficiency of a scheme or to improve the locality comprised in such scheme.
[40][(3) While undertaking a scheme under this section a provision of plot for the construction of mosque shall be made where necessary].
29. Effect of prescribing a street alignment on powers of municipal committee.— Notwithstanding anything contained in [41][the Punjab Local Government Act, 1975] when any street alignment has been prescribed by the trust in any scheme under this Act with the sanction of the [42][Provincial Government] the municipal committee shall not have power to prescribe a regular line for the street within the limits of the scheme, and any such line previously prescribed by the committee within such limits shall cease to be the regular line or line of frontage of the street.
30. Powers of Trust to set back or forward buildings adjacent to the street alignment.— (1) Should any building or part of a building project beyond the regular line of a street, either existing or determined on for the future, or beyond the front of the building on either side thereof, the Trust may, whenever such building or part has been either entirely or in greater part taken down or burnt down or has fallen down, by written notice, require such building or part when being rebuilt to be set back to or towards the said regular line or the front of the adjacent buildings; and the portion of the land added to the street by such setting back or removal shall become part of the street and shall vest in the Trust.
(2) The Trust may on s