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The Bihar Industrial Areas Development Authority Act, 1974
The Bihar Industrial Areas Development Authority Act, 1974
Sections
1. Short title, extent and commencement.
Section 12. Definition.
Section 23. Industrial areas development authority aims and object.
Section 34. Declaration of areas as development area.
Section 45. Establishment.
Section 56. General duties and powers of the Authority.
Section 67. Financial powers.
Section 78. Budget.
Section 89. Miscellaneous Provision.
Section 918. Repeal and saving.
Section 18
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"title": "The Bihar Industrial Areas Development Authority Act, 1974",
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"content": "(a) \"Amenity\" include roads, water-supply, street lighting, drainage, sewerage, school, housing, hospital [common effluent treatment plant, provision of common facility centre, solid waste management system] and recreation facilities and such other convenience and facility as the State Government may, by Notification in the Official Gazette, specify to be an amenity for the purposes of this Act;\n(b) \"Building\" includes any structure or creation or part of structure or creation which is intended to be used for residential, industrial, commercial, or other purpose, whether in actual use or not;\n(c) \"Development\" with its grammatical variations means the carrying out of building engineering or any other operations in, on, over or under land or the making of any material change in any building or land including the provision of accommodation for carrying on industrial activities with or without accommodation for residential purposes or other activities and with all proper facilities for public works, recreation, amenity and other basic requirements for establishment of industries, and includes re-development;\n(d) the word \"industry\" would have the same meaning as has been assigned to it under Section 2, clause (3) of the Bihar State Aid to Industries Act, 1956;\n(e) \"Development Area\" means any area declared to be a development area under Section.4:\n(f) \"Industrial Area\" means an area for which an Authority is constituted under Section 3;\n(g) \"Regulation\" means a Regulation made under this Act by the Authority constituted under Section 3;\n(h) \"Rule\" means a Rule made under this Act by the State the Government;\n(i) \"Prescribed\" means prescribed in the Rules framed by the State Government under this Act.\nChapter-II",
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"title": "3. Industrial areas development authority aims and object.",
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"content": "Explanation.\n(ii) The Chairman of the Authority shall be a Government servant not below the rank of a Commissioner or any other person who may be nominated by the Government.\n(iii) The State Government may, if it is found to be expedient, appoint the same person as Chairman and Managing Director of the Authority.\n(a) he shall receive all the moneys on behalf of the Authority and issue receipt and maintain proper account for the same;\n(b) he shall draw money from the fund of the Authority for disbursement of salaries, allowances and meeting the expenses of the Authority;\n(c) he shall authenticate any order of the Authority;\n(d) he shall perform any order, duty that may be assigned to him by the Authority or the State Government from time to time.",
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"content": "[4A. Industrial Area.\n(i) All lands acquired by the State Government and transferred to the Authority under Section 9 of the Act.\n(ii) All lands acquired by the Authority on lease, rent, and purchase or acquired under any form of tenancy under Section 6 (10) and Section 9 of the Act.",
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"title": "6. General duties and powers of the Authority.",
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"content": "(a) In case necessary effective steps are not taken within the fixed period to establish the industry, [or all dues, rent, charges of the Authority have not been paid within time or unregistered product is manufactured or any construction contrary to the approved plan has been carried out or an activity injurious to industries has been engaged into] the authority shall in such condition, cancel the allotment of allotted plot/shed and also forfeit the amount deposited in this connection. The authority shall, before cancelling the allotment allow one month time to the allottee to put up his case. The allottee on being dissatisfied with the order of the Authority may file an appeal to the State Government within one month and the State Government shall, after due consideration dispose it of within two months from the date of receipt of the appeal.\n(b) The authority shall, after cancellation of allotment of the plot/shed take possession of the said plot/shed.\n[(c) The Authority shall regularly identify unutilized buildable area in each plot with regard to the building regulations. The Authority shall issue notices to the plot holders in the Industrial Area calling upon them to furnish details in a prescribed form. Upon the submission of the report if the Authority is satisfied that the plot holder has not utilized the maximum buildable area of his plot even after 3 (three) years or any other period notified by the State Government, from the date of taking over the possession for the purpose for which the land was allotted, the unutilized portion shall be cancelled for accommodating another industry. The portion of the plot that is not being utilized by an allottee/ lessee be demarcated and taken over by the Authority for accommodating a new allottee/lessee.\n(d) Commencement of business on allotted plot or area: No person shall commence business until an Occupation Certificate is issued by the Authority after implementation of Detailed Project Report filed by the allottee, and in accordance with the Development Control Regulations of the Authority. The Authority shall permit any deviations in the Detailed Project Report, provided such deviations shall be intimated and approved by the Authority before any such deviation implementation has commenced on the plot.]\n(b) Any person who encroaches upon road, houses, gullies, any land in the development areas and properties of the Authority or continues to possess or squat upon the cancelled plot or a portion of the plot shall be treated as encroacher and the Authority shall take necessary action in terms of this Act.]\n(b) to purchase by agreement or take on lease or rent or under any form of tenancy any property as per prescribed rules, to erect such buildings and to execute such other works as may be necessary for the purpose of carrying out its duties and functions.]",
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"title": "7. Financial powers.",
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"content": "(a) all moneys received by the Authority from the State Government by way of grants, loans advances or otherwise;\n(b) all fees, rents, charges, levies and fines received by the Authority under this Act;\n(c) all moneys received by the Authority from disposal of its movable and immovable assets;\n(d) all moneys received by the Authority by way of loan from financial and other institution and debentures floated for the execution of a scheme or schemes of the Authority duly approved by the State Government.",
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"title": "9. Miscellaneous Provision.",
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"content": "10.\n11.\n12.\n13.\n14.\n(a) removal of encroachments on lands belonging to the Authority;\n(b) removal of unauthorised structures;\n(c) demolition of buildings which may interfere with the planning or which may have been erected in contravention of the Regulations of the Authority;\n[(c1) Purchase of land and/or building, take a property on lease or rent.]\n(d) the submission of reports and returns by the Authority to the State Government on matters relating to the duties, powers and responsibilities of the Authority;\n(e) the issue of directions by the State Government laying down broad principles for the fulfilment of aims and objects of the Act.\n15.\n16.\n17.",
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"Act Number": "Bihar Act 16 of 1974",
"Enactment Date": "",
"Act Year": "1974",
"Short Title": "The Bihar Industrial Areas Development Authority Act, 1974",
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"updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:19"
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