Andhra Pradesh Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act, 1968

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    "title": "Andhra Pradesh Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act, 1968",
    "short_title": "Andhra Pradesh Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act, 1968",
    "act_number": "(Act No. 20 of 1968)",
    "act_year": 1968,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Andhra Pradesh",
    "law_status": "unknown",
    "enactment_date": null,
    "description": "Andhra Pradesh Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act, 1968",
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        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Short title and extent:",
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            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. Definitions:",
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            "content": "[(a) 'corporate authority' means:-\n(i) any local authority ;\n(ii) any company or corporation referred to in Clause (d)] ;\n[(aa)] 'estate officer' means an officer appointed as such by the Government under Section ;\n(b) 'Government' means the State Government ;\n(c) 'notification' means a notification published in Andhra Pradesh Gazette and the expression 'notified' shall be constructed accordingly ;\n[(d) 'Public Premises' means any premises belonging to or taken on lease or requisitioned by, or on behalf of the Government; and includes any premises belonging to, or taken on lease, by or on behalf of:-\n(i) any local authority ;\n(ii) any company as defined in Section 3 of the Companies Act, 1956, in which not less than fifty-one percent of the paid up share capital is held by the Government ; and\n(iii) any corporation (not being a company as defined in Section 3 of the Companies Act, 1956 or a local authority) established by or under a Central Act or a State Act and owned or controlled by the Government;]\n(e) 'premises' means any [land or building or part thereof] and includes,-\n(i) out houses, gardens, grounds and vacant sites, if any, appertaining to such building or part of a building ;\n(ii) any fitting affixed to such building or part of a building for the more beneficial enjoyment thereof ;\n(f) 'prescribed' means prescribed by rules made under this Act;\n(g) 'rent in relation to any public premises' means the consideration payable periodically for the authorised occupation of the premises, and includes,-\n(i) any charge for electricity, water or any other services in connection with the occupation of the premises ;\n(ii) any tax (by whatever name called) payable in respect of the premises where such charge or tax is payable by the Government [or corporate authority] ;\n(h) 'unauthorised occupation' in relation to any public premises means the occupation by any person of the public premises without authority for such occupation and includes the continuance in occupation by any person of the public premises after the authority (whether by way of grant or any other mode of transfer) under which he was allowed to occupy the premises has expired or has been determined for any reason whatsoever.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Appointment of Estate officer:",
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            "content": "(a) appoint such persons, being Gazetted Officers of Government, [or officers of equivalent rank of corporate authority as they think fit, to be estate officers for the purpose of this Act ; and]\n(b) define the local limits within which, or the categories of public premises in respect of which, each estate officer shall exercise the powers conferred, and perform the duties imposed, on estate officer by or under this Act.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Issue of notice to show cause against order of eviction:",
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            "content": "(a) specify the grounds on which the order of eviction is proposed to be made ; and\n(b) require all persons concerned, that is to say, all persons who are, or may be, in occupation of or claim interest in the public premises, to show cause, if any against the proposed order on or before such date as is specified in the notice, being a date not earlier than ten days from the date of issue thereof.",
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        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Eviction of unauthorised occupants:",
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        },
        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Disposal of property left on public premises by unauthorised occupants:",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 5
        },
        {
            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Power to recover rent or damages in respect of public premises as arrears of land revenue:",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 6
        },
        {
            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Powers of estate officer:",
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            "content": "(a) summoning and enforcing the attendance of any person and examining him on oath ;\n(b) requiring the discovery and production of documents ; and\n(c) any other matter which may be prescribed.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 7
        },
        {
            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Appeals:",
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            "content": "(a) in the case of an appeal from an order under Section 5, within fifteen days from the date of publication of the order under sub¬section (1) of that section ; and\n(b) in the case of an appeal from an order under Section 7, within fifteen days from the date on which the order is communicated to the appellant:\n(i) that substantial loss may result to the party applying for stay, unless the order is made ; and\n(ii) that security has been given by the appellant for the due performance of such order as may ultimately be binding upon him.]",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "10",
            "title": "10. Finality of orders:",
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            "content": "[11. Bar of Jurisdiction:",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 9
        },
        {
            "number": "12",
            "title": "12. Offences and penalties:",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 10
        },
        {
            "number": "13",
            "title": "13. Power to obtain information:",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 11
        },
        {
            "number": "14",
            "title": "14. Liability of heirs and legal representatives:",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 12
        },
        {
            "number": "15",
            "title": "15. Recovery of rent, etc., as an arrear of land revenue:",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 13
        },
        {
            "number": "16",
            "title": "16. Protection of action taken in good faith:",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 14
        },
        {
            "number": "17",
            "title": "17. Delegation of powers:",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 15
        },
        {
            "number": "18",
            "title": "18. Power to make rules:",
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            "content": "(a) the form of any notice required or authorised to be given under this Act and the manner in which it may be served;\n(b) the holding of inquiries under this Act ;\n(c) the distribution and allocation of work to Estate Officers and the transfer of any proceeding pending before one Estate Officer to another Estate Officer ;\n(d) the procedure to be followed in taking possession of public premises;\n(e) the manner in which damages for unauthorised occupation may be assessed and the principle which may be taken into account in assessing such damages ;\n(f) the manner in which appeals may be preferred and the procedure to be followed in appeals ; and",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 16
        },
        {
            "number": "19",
            "title": "19. Andhra Pradesh Land Encroachment Act not to apply to garden, etc., appertaining to public premises:",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 17
        },
        {
            "number": "20",
            "title": "20. Repeal of Act XXXVII of 1961:",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 18
        }
    ],
    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "AP171",
        "Act Number": "(Act No. 20 of 1968)",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "1968",
        "Short Title": "Andhra Pradesh Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act, 1968",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Andhra Pradesh"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:18"
}