Section 3: Exemption of certain Government buildings from municipal laws to regulate the

3. Exemption of certain Government buildings from municipal laws to regulate the erection, etc. of buildings within municipalities. Nothing contained in any law or enactment for the time being in force to regulate the erection, re-erection, construction, alteration or maintenance of buildings within the limits of any municipality shall apply to any building used or required for the public service or for any public purpose, which is the property, or in the occupation, of 4[the 5[Government]], or which is to be erected on land which is the property, or in the occupation, of 4[the 5[Government]]: 1For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Gaz. of India. 1896, Pt. V,.256; for Report of the Select Committee, see ibid., 1899, Pt. V, p.15; and for Proceedings in Council, see ibid., 1899, Pt. VI, pp. 2, 15 and 20. This Act has been declared to be in force in Baluchistan by the British, Baluchistan Laws Regulation, 1913 (2 of 1913). It has also been extended to the Leased Areas of Baluchistan, see the Leased Areas (Laws) Order, 1950 (G.G.O. 3 of 1950); and applied in the Federated Areas of Baluchistan, see Gazette of India, 1937, Pt. 1, p. 1499. 2 Subs. by the Central Laws (Statute Reform) Ordinance, 1960(21 of 1960), s. 3 and 2nd Sch. (with effect from the 14th October, 1955), for the original sub-section (2), as amended by A.O.,1949, Arts. 3(2) and 4. 3 The word “and” and sub-section (3) rep. by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1914 (10 of 1914). s. 3 and Sch. II. 4Subs. by A.O., 1937, for “the Govt.”. 5 Subs. by A.O., 1961, Art. 2. for “Crown” (with effect from the 23rd March, 1956). Provided that, where the erection, re-erection, construction or material structural alteration of any such building as aforesaid (not being a building connected with 1* defence, or a building the plan or construction of which ought, in the opinion of 2[the Government concerned], to be treated as confidential or secret) is contemplated, reasonable notice of the proposed work shall be given to the municipal authority before it is commenced.

Effective date: 1899-01-01

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