Keywords : Collector, Corporate Authority, Estate, Premises, Public Premises, Public Premises, Rent
Amendment appended: 9 of 1983
THE HIMACHAL PRADESH PUBLIC PRaMISES AND LAND (EVICTION AND RENT RECOVERY) ACT, 1971 ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS SECTIONS 1. Short title, extent and commencement. 2. Definitions. 3. Unauthorised occupation of public premises. 4. Issue of notice to show cause against order of eviction. 5. Eviction of un-authorised occupants. 6. Disposal of property left in public premises by un-authorised occupants. 7. Power to require payment of rent or damages in respect of public premises. 8. Power of Collector. 9. Appeals. 10. Finality of orders. 11. Offences and penalty. 12. Power to obtain information. 13. Liability of heirs and legal representatives, 14. Recovery of rent etc., as arrears of land revenue. 15. Bar of’ jurisdiction. 16. Protection of action taken in good faith. 17. Power to make rules. 18. Repeal. THE HIMACHAL PRADESH PUBLIC PREMISES AND LAND (EVICTION AND RENT RECOVERY) ACT, 1971 -l(Aa~ No. 22 OF 1971) (Received the assent of the Governor on the 5th November, 1971 and was published in R.H.P. Extra., dated the 19~h November, 1971 at p. 1448-1454). An Act to provide for the eviction of un-authorised occupants from public premises and for certain incidental matters. BE it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh in the Twenty-second Year of the Republic of India as follows :- 1. Short title, extent and commencement.-(1) This Act may be called the Himachal Pradesh Public Premises and Land (Eviction and Rent Recovery) Act, 1971. ……………………….. 1. For statement of Objects and Reasons, see R.H.P, Extra. dt. 24th September, 1971, P. 1235, 72 6 H.P. CODE VOL.-v (2) It extends to the whole of Himachal Pradesh. (3) It shall come into force at once. 2. Definitions.-In this Act, unless the cor~text otherwise requires,- (a) “Collector” means the Collector of the district, and includes any other officer appointed by the State Government for performing the functions of the Collector under this Act; (b) “corporate authority” means any company or corporation referred to in sub-clauses (ii) and (iii) of clause (e) of this section. (c) “estate” has the meaning assigned to it in the Hirnachal Padesh Land Revenue Act, 1953 (6 of 1954) ; (d) “premises” means any land, whether used for agricultural or non-agricultural purposes, or any building or part oi a building and includes,- (i) the garden, grounds and out-houses, if any, appertaining to such building or part of a building, and (ii) any fittings affixed to such building or part of a building for the more beneficial enjoyment thereof; (8) “public premises” means any premises belonging to, or taken on lease ” 6~ or requisitioned by, or on behalf oi; the State Government a
