| 425A. |
Owner to maintain, preserve and conserve heritage building : Every owner or occupier of any heritage building declared as such by the Corporation shall maintain, preserve and conserve it and shall not change its use in contravention of the provisions of this Act or the rules or the regulations made thereunder for its maintenance, preservation or conservation. |
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| 425B. |
Power of Corporation to declare a building as a heritage building : Where the Corporation, on the recommendation of the Heritage Conservation Committee and also of the Mayor-in-Council, is of the opinion that any building in Calcutta should be preserved and conserved for historical, architectural, environmental or ecological purpose, it may declare such building as a heritage building :
Provided that during the period when any proposal for declaring building as a heritage building is under consideration of the Heritage Conservation Committee or the Mayor-in-Council, no owner of such building, or no lessee or sub-lessee to whom such building has been leased out, shall transfer such building by way of sale, lease or mortgage without the prior approval of the Municipal Commissioner. |
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| 425C. |
Gradation of heritage building : The gradation of a heritage building according to its historical, architectural, environmental or ecological purpose shall be such as may be prescribed. |
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| 425D. |
Heritage Conservation Committee : |
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(1) |
The Mayor-in-Council shall constitute a Committee to be called the Heritage Conservation Committee with the Municipal Commissioner as its Chairman and an officer of the Corporation as its Convenor. |
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(2) |
The Committee shall have, in addition to the Chairman and the Convenor, seven other members of whom - |
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one shall be a nominee of the Calcutta Metropolitan Development Authority. |
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one shall be the Director of the Department of Archaeology, Government of West Bengal, or his nominee. |
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one shall be an eminent architect, |
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one shall be an artist, |
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one shall be an environmentalist, |
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one shall be a historian, and |
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one shall be the Chief Valuer and Surveyor of the Corporation. |
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The Committee may co-opt one person to be nominated by the concerned department of the State Government while dealing with any land or building under the management of the said department. |
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The Committee shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Act and the rules and the regulations made thereunder, scrutinize every application or proposal for declaration of a building as a heritage building, and recommend to, and also advice, the Mayor-in-Council in respect of the preservation and conservation of such building as a heritage building. |
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The Committee shall meet at such periodical interval as may be determined by the Mayor-in-Council. |
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The Municipal Commissioner shall, in the case of emergency, take such measures as may be necessary for the preservation and conservation of a heritage building, provided that such measures shall be required to be approved by the Heritage Conservation Committee at its meeting. |
