Section 40A in The M.P. Accommodation Control Act, 1961
40A. [ Special provision of allotment during emergency. [Inserted by M.P. Act 10 of 1965, Section 5.]
(1)In this Section 'Proclamation of Emergency' means a Proclamation issued under clause (1) of Article 352 of the Constitution of India.(2)During the period a Proclamation of Emergency remains in force the members of the family of-(i)a member of the naval, military, air or other armed forces of the Union on active duty; or(ii)a civil Government servant who, during such period, takes up service in the aforesaid forces, may notwithstanding anything- contained in this Act, be allotted accommodation at a place to be specified by the member of the said forces or the civil Government servant, as the case may be, by the Collector having jurisdiction over the said place or the authorised officer, if the accommodation is vacant or is likely to fall vacant and the said Collector or the authorised officer, as the case may be, may direct the landlord to put the members of the family in whose favour the accommodation has been allotted in possession of such accommodation and the landlord shall place such members of the family in possession thereof immediately, if the accommodation is vacant or as soon as it becomes vacant.(3)Tenancy of any person who has been allotted accommodation under this Section shall terminate on the expiry of a period of one year from the date, the Proclamation of Emergency ceases to be in force].
