Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park World Heritage Area Management Authority Act, 2006

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    "title": "Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park World Heritage Area Management Authority Act, 2006",
    "short_title": "Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park World Heritage Area Management Authority Act, 2006",
    "act_number": "Gujarat Act No. 28 of 2006",
    "act_year": 2006,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Gujarat",
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    "description": "Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park World Heritage Area Management Authority Act, 2006",
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            "title": "1. Short title and commencement.",
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            "title": "2. Definitions.",
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            "content": "(a) \"amenity\" includes roads, bridges, streets, transport, lighting water and electricity supply, sewerage, drainage, public works, open spaces, recreational grounds, parks and other conveniences, services or utilities;\n(b) \"appointed day\" means the day appointed for bringing into force all or any of the provisions of the Act;\n(c) \"Authority\" means the Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park World Heritage Area Management Authority established under section 3;\n(d) \"Chairperson\" means the Chairperson of the authority;\n(e) \"Chief Executive Officer\" means an Officer appointed as such under subsection (1) of section 8;\n(f) \"Core Area Zone\" and \"Buffer Zone\" mean such areas as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette , specify;\n(g) \"development\" with its grammatical variation means the carrying out of building, engineering or other operations in or over or under any land or the making of any material change in any building, or land or in the use of any' building, or land and includes redevelopment and forming of layouts and sub-division of any land including amenities;\n(h) \"Fund\" means the fund of the Authority;\n(i) \"Heritage Area\" means the whole of the area comprising the Core Area Zone and Buffer Zone including the area notified or as may be notified from time to time under the Gujarat Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1965 (Gujarat 25 of 1965), (24 of 1958), (16 of 1927) and (69 of 1980) in the Core Area Zone and Buffer Zone but excluding the area notified as `protected area' under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958 and the areas declared as a reserved forest under the Indian Forest Act, 1927 and the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980;\n(j) \"Local Authority\" means a Municipal Corporation, Municipality or panchayat constituted under relevant local authority law;\n(k) \"Land\" includes benefits arising out of land and things attached to the earth permanently fastened to anything attached to the earth;\n(l) \"prescribed\" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;\n(m) \"relevant local authority law\" means the Bombay Provincial Municipal Corporations Act, 1949 (Bombay L1X of 1949), the Gujarat Municipalities Act, 1963 (Gujarat 34 of 1964) or the Gujarat Panchayats Act, 1993 (Gujarat 18 of 1993);\n(n) the words and expression used but not defined in this Act shall have meanings respectively assigned to them in the Gujarat Town Planning and Urban Development Act, 1976 (President's Act No. 27 of 1976).\nChapter II\nEstablishment and Constitution of Authority",
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            "title": "3. Establishment and incorporation of Authority.",
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            "title": "4. Constitution of authority.",
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            "content": "(i)\nChief Secretary to the Government of Gujarat ex-officio\nChairperson ,\n(ii)\nSecretary to the Government of Gujarat (Culture\n\t\t\t\tactivity) ex-officio\nVice-Chairperson\n(iii)\nDirector General, Archaeological Survey of\n\t\t\t\tIndia, New Delhi\n(iv)\nSecretary to Government of Gujarat, Forest and\n\t\t\t\tEnvironment Department, ex-officio\n(v)\nSecretary to Government of Gujarat, Roads and\n\t\t\t\tBuilding Department, ex-officio\n(vi)\nManaging Director, Tourism Corporation of\n\t\t\t\tGujarat Ltd.,\n(vii)\nDirector of Archaeology, Gujarat State,\n(viii)\nSuperintending Archaeologist, Archaeological\n\t\t\t\tSurvey of India, Vadodara Circle,\n(ix)\nCollector, Panchmahal District,\n(x)\nDistrict Development Officer, Panchmahal\n\t\t\t\tDistrict,\n(xi)\nSuperintendent of Police, Panchmahal District,\n\t\t\t\tVadodara\n(xii)\nSenior Town Planner, South Gujarat Regional\n\t\t\t\tOffice,\n(xiii)\nDeputy Conservator of Forest, Godhra, Panchmahal\n\t\t\t\tDistrict,\n(xiv)\nExecutive Engineer, Road and Building Division,\n\t\t\t\tGodhra,\n(xv)\nHead of the Department of Archaeology, M.S.\n\t\t\t\tUniversity of Baroda,\n(xvi)\nPresident, Heritage Trust, Vadora,\n(xvii)\nSarpanch, Champaner Village,\n(xviii)\nOne member as nominated by the Pavagadh Temple\n\t\t\t\tTrust,\n(xix)\nChief Executive Officer\nMember Secretary.",
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            "title": "5. Establishment of Advisory Committee.",
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            "content": "(a) Superintending Archaeologist. Archaeological Survey of India, Vadodara Circle.\n(b) Director of Archaeology, Gujarat State.\n(c) Deputy Conservator of Forest, Godhra, Panchmahal District,\n(d) One Representative as nominated by the M.S. University of Baroda from the Department of Archaeology.\n(e) One Representative of the Heritage Trust, Baroda.\n(f) Planning officer of the Authority.\n(g) An expert in the field of Heritage, Archaeology, Tourism, Environment co-opted by the Authority on the recommendation of the Chief Executive Officer.",
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            "title": "6. Meeting of Authority.",
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            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Authority Security Force.",
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            "content": "(i) better protection and security of the public property within the heritage area including prevention of encroachments and removal thereof;\n(ii) aiding the officers of the authority in the detection and investigation of any matter relating to leakage of revenue or any amount payable to the Authority;\n(iii) effective communication and obtaining of any information regarding any design to commit or the commission of any offence by any person under this Act or the Gujarat Town Planning and Urban Development Act, 1976 (President's Act No. 27 of 1976) or any rule or regulation or order made thereunder;\n(iv) exercising such other powers and discharging such other functions as may be prescribed.\nChapter III\nOfficers and Employees of Authority and their Duties",
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            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Duties of the Chief Executive Officer.",
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            "content": "(a) be responsible for all budgetary, planning, enforcement and supervisory functions of the Authority';\n(b) furnish to the Authority all the information relating to the administration and accounts of the Authority as well as other matter whenever called upon by the Authority to do so;\n(c) prepare and submit the Annual Report and audited accounts of the Authority for its approval within three months of the close of every financial year and submit copies of the same to the State Government;\n(d) perform such other function as may be prescribed.",
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            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Appointment of Planning Officer and Accounts Officer.",
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            "number": "10",
            "title": "10. Mode of recruitment of Planning Officer and Account Officer.",
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            "content": "Chapter IV\nPowers and Functions of Authority",
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            "number": "11",
            "title": "11. Functions of Authority.",
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            "content": "(i) to carry out a survey of the Heritage Area and prepare reports on the surveys so carried out;\n(ii) to prepare development and management plans of the Heritage Area;\n(iii) to carry out such works as are contemplated in the development and management plans;\n(iv) to formulate as many schemes as are necessary for implementing the development plans of the Heritage Area;\n(v) to secure and co-ordinate execution of the development plan, town planning schemes and development of the Heritage Area in accordance with such plans and schemes;\n(vi) to raise finance for any project or scheme for the development of the Heritage Area and extend assistance to the local authorities in the Region for the execution of such project or scheme;\n(vii) to do such other acts and things as may be entrusted by the State Government or as may be necessary' for or incidental or conducive to, any matters which are necessary for furtherance of the objects for which the authority is constituted;\n(viii) to entrust to any local authority or other agency the work of execution of any development plan of town planning scheme for the development of the Heritage Area;\n(ix) to co-ordinate the activities of the local authorities and the Urban Development Authority, if any, constituted under the Gujarat Town Planning and Urban Development Act, 1976 (President's Act No. 27 of 1976) exercising jurisdiction within the limits of the Heritage Area and the Gujarat Water Supply and Sewerage Board, Gujarat Slum Clearance Board, the Madhya Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam, the Gujarat Industrial Area Development Board, the Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation and such other bodies as are presently concerned with development activities in the Heritage Area or may be concerned in the future;\n(x) to supervise and review the progress of expenditure incurred under the plan or scheme and the performance of development by various departments and local authorities with reference to the plan or scheme;\n(xi) to take action to protect the public property within the heritage Area;\n(xii) to raise local, regional, national and international awareness about the significance of the World Heritage Site;\n(xiii) to promote and encourage proper research to understand the archaeological, historical and environmental values of the Champaner-Pavagadh archaeological Park World Heritage Site;\n(xiv) to perform such other functions as may be prescribed.",
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            "number": "12",
            "title": "12. Special powers of chairperson.",
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            "number": "13",
            "title": "13. Power to delegate.",
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            "number": "14",
            "title": "14. No other authority or person to undertake development without permission of Authority.",
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            "content": "(b) The State Government after hearing the appellant may confirm, modify the decision or reject the appeal and the decision of the State Government shall be final:",
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            "number": "15",
            "title": "15. Power of entry.",
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            "content": "(a) making any enquiry, inspection, measurement or survey or taking level for such land building;\n(b) examining works under construction and ascertaining the course of sewers and drains;\n(c) digging or boring into the sub-soil;\n(d) setting out boundaries and intended lines of works.\n(e) making such levels, boundaries and lines by placing marks and cutting trenches;\n(f) ascertaining whether any land is being or has been developed in contravention of any plan or scheme or in contravention of any conditions subject to which such permission has been granted; or\n(g) doing any other thing necessary for the efficient administration of this Act:",
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            "number": "16",
            "title": "16. Levy of Fees.",
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            "content": "Chapter V\nAuthority Fund, Accounts, Audit and Reports",
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            "number": "17",
            "title": "17. Fund of Authority.",
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            "content": "Chapter VI\nOffences and Penalties",
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            "content": "(a) \"company\" means a body corporate and includes a firm or other association of individuals; and\n(b) \"director\" in relation to a firm means partner in the firm.",
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            "title": "26. Fines realized to be credited to the Fund.",
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            "number": "30",
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            "number": "31",
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            "number": "32",
            "title": "32. Act to override other State laws.",
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            "title": "35. Removal of difficulties.",
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            "number": "36",
            "title": "36. Amendment of Gujarat Town Planning and Urban Development Act, 197.",
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            "content": "(1) in section 2, after clause (xii) the following shall be inserted, namely:-\" (xii-a) \"heritage area\" means the heritage area as defined in clause (i) of section 2 of the Champaner-Pavagadh Archeological Park World Heritage Area Management Authority Act, 2006\" (Gujarat 28 of 2006); (2) in section 3, to sub-section (3), the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:- Provided further that in the case of the heritage area, the development area or urban development area declared under this Act shall be conterminous with Heritage area.\";\n(xii-a) \"heritage area\" means the heritage area as defined in clause (i) of section 2 of the Champaner-Pavagadh Archeological Park World Heritage Area Management Authority Act, 2006\" (Gujarat 28 of 2006);\n(2) in section 3, to sub-section (3), the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:-\n(3) in section 22 to sub-section (1), the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:-\n(4) after section 123, the following section shall be inserted, namely:-\nConsequences of constitution of the Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park World Heritage Area Management Authority. - \"123A Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, with effect from the date of the constitution of the Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park World Heritage Area Management Auhtority under the Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park World Heritage Area Management Authority Act, 2006 (Gujarat 28 of 2006), such authority shall be the Area Development Authority or the Urban Development Authority for the area comprising the heritage area and shall exercise all the powers, perform duties and discharge functions under this Act as if it were Area Development Authority or Urban Development Authority constituted for the heritage area.\"\nConsequences of constitution of the Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park World Heritage Area Management Authority.",
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            "number": "37",
            "title": "37. Application of the Gujarat Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act, 1972.",
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            "content": "(a) the State Government may appoint an officer of the State Government or the Authority as it thinks fit, to be the Competent Authority for the purpose of the aforesaid Act;\n(b) reference to \"public premises\" in that Act and the rules shall be deemed to be references to premises of the Authority; and the references to the `State Government' in that Act shall be deemed to be reference to the Authority.",
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        "Act Number": "Gujarat Act No. 28 of 2006",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "2006",
        "Short Title": "Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park World Heritage Area Management Authority Act, 2006",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Gujarat"
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    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:19"
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