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Encroachment

Act: Baluchistan Local Government Act 1975

Section Provisions

ACT XII OF 1975 ACT XII OF 1975 BALUCHISTAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT, 1975 CHAPTER XI‑COMPULSORY FUNCTIONS OF MUNICIPAL COMMITTEES J‑STREETS 88. Encroachment.‑(1) No person shall make an encroachment ‑movable or immovable on an open space or land vesting in or managed, maintained or controlled by a Municipal Committee, or on, over or under a street, road, graveyard, within the Municipal limits or a drain except under a licence granted by the Municipal Committee and to the extent permitted by such licence. (2) A Municipal Committee may remove the encroachment mentioned in subsection (1) with such force as may be necessary. (3) Whoever trespasses into or is in wrongful occupation of a building or property which vests in or is managed, maintained or controlled by a Munici pal Committee may in addition to any other penalty to which he may be liable under this Act or any other law for the time being in force, after such notice as may be provided by the Municipal Committee by ejected from such building or property by the Municipal Committee with such force as may be necessary. (4) Any person aggrieved by notice issued under subsection (3) may within seven days of the service of notice, appeal to such authority as may be appointed by Government in this behalf whose decision thereon shall be final. (5) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law, no compensa tion shall be payable for any encroachment removed under this section.