Section 3 of THE ANDHRA PRADESH HOUSING BAOARD ACT, 1956 Act No XLVI of 1956 ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS CHAPTER – I PRELIMINARY

Government may, by notification in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette, appoint and different date may be appointed for different areas.]

↩1.Substituted by the Act No. 33 of 2018, S.2.

↩2.Substituted by the Act No. 15 of 1962, S.3.

2. Definitions:- In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context, –

1. (1)“Board” means the Housing Board constituted under Section 3;
2. (2)“Board premises” means any premises belonging to or vesting in the Board or taken on lease by the Board or entrusted to the Board under this Act for management and use for the purposes of this Act;
3. (3)“Building materials” means such commodities or articles as are specified to be building materials for the purpose of this Act by the Government by notification in the ¹[Andhra Pradesh Gazette;]
4. (4)“Bye-laws” means bye-laws made under Section 72;
5. (5)“Chairman” means the Chairman of the Board;
6. (6)“Competent Authority” means any person authorised by the Government by notification in the ¹[Andhra Pradesh Gazette] to perform the function of the competent authority under Chapter VI for such areas as may be specified in the Notification;
7. (7)“Corporation” means a Municipal Corporation constituted under the Hyderabad Municipal Corporations Act, 1955 (11 of 1956) for the cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad; ²[(7-A) ‘Government’ means the State Government;]
8. (8)“Housing scheme” means a housing scheme made under this Act;
9. (9)“Land” includes benefits arising out of land and things attached to the earth or permanently fastened to anything attached to the earth;
10. (10)“Local authority” includes Municipal Corporation Municipal and Town Committees, ³[District Municipalities, Zilla Parishads, Panchayat Samithis] and Village Panchayats;
11. (11)“Member” means a member of the Board.
12. (12)“Premises” ⁴[means any land or building] or part of a building and includes-
    1. (i)gardens, grounds and outhouses, if any, appertaining to such building or part of a building, and
    2. (ii)any things affixed to such building or part of a building for the more beneficial enjoyment thereof;
13. (13)“Prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
14. (14)“Programme” means the annual housing programme prepared by the Board under section 24;
15. (15)“Regulations” means regulations made under Section 71;
16. (16)“Rules” means rules made under Section 70;
17. (17)“Secretary” means the Secretary of the Board;
18. (18)“Tribunal” means any Tribunal constituted under Section 47; and
19. (19)“year” means the year commencing on the 1st day of April and ending on the 31st March. CHAPTER – II ESTABLISHMENT OF THE BOARD 3. Incorporation - (1) With effect from such date as the Government may by notification in the ¹[Andhra Pradesh Gazette] appoint in this behalf, there shall be established for the purposes of this Act, a Board by the name of the Hyderabad Housing Board.
20. (2)The Board shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal and may sue and be sued in its corporate name and shall be competent to acquire and hold property both moveable and immoveable and to contract and do all things necessary for the purposes of this Act. 2[(3) For the removal of doubts, it is clarified that the Board is and always be deemed to be an agent and extended arm of the State and shall act and deemed at all times to have acted on behalf of the State while discharging its functions under this Act.
21. (4)Notwithstanding any other provision in the Act or any other law, for the time being in force, the Board shall hold and be deemed to have held all movable and immovable property and all funds on behalf of the State and all income thereon shall belong to the State and shall always be deemed to have belonged to the State.
22. (5)For the purpose of Sections 13, 14 and 15 or any other provision relating to contracts under the Act, the Board shall enter into and all along be deemed to have entered into contracts as an agent of the State and all such acts and contracts shall be deemed to have been entered into on behalf of the State.] 3[ ⁴[(6)] For the purposes of this Act, the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (Central Act 1 of 1894), and the Andhra Pradesh Buildings (Lease, Rent and Eviction) Control Act, 1960 (Andhra Pradesh Act XV of 1960), the Board shall be deemed to be a local authority.] EXPLANATION:- The purposes of this Act referred to in 5[sub-section (6)] include the management and use of lands and buildings belonging to or vesting in the Board under or for the purposes of this Act and the exercise of its rights over and with respect of such lands and buildings for the purposes of this Act.

↩1.Substituted by Act No.15 of 1962. S,23.

↩2.Inserted by the Act No. 15 of 1962, S.4.

↩3.Substituted by the Act No. 15 of 1962, S.4.

↩4.Substituted by the Act No. 15 of 1962, S.4.