Section 2:
Definitions.
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,--
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(b) "estate officer" means an officer appointed as such by the Central Government under
section 3;
(c) "premises" means any land or any building or part of a building and includes,--
(i) the garden, grounds and outhouses, 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;
(d) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
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[(e) "public premises" means--
(1) any premises belonging to, or taken on lease or requisitioned by, or on behalf of the
Central Government, and includes any such premises which have been placed by that
Government, whether before or after the commencement of the Public Premises (Eviction of
Unauthorised Occupants) Amendment Act, 1980 (61 of 1980) under the control of the Secretariat
of either Houseof Parliament for providing residential accommodation to any member of the staff
of that Secretariat;
(2) any premises belonging to, or taken on lease by, or on behalf of,--
(i) any company as defined in section 3of the 3
[the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013)], in
which not less than fifty-one per cent. of the paid-up share capital is held by the Central
Government or any company which is a subsidiary (within the meaning of that Act) of the
first-mentioned company;
(ii) any corporation (not being a company as defined in section 3 of the 3
[the Companies
Act, 2013 (18 of 2013)], or a local authority) established by or under a Central Act and
owned or controlled by the Central Government;
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[(iii) any company as defined in clause (20) of section 2 of the Companies Act, 2013
(18 of 2013) in which not less than fifty-one per cent. of the paid up capital is held partly by
the Central Government and partly by one or more State Governments and includes a
company which is a subsidiary (within the meaning of that Act) of the first-mentioned
company and which carries on the business of public transport including metro railway.
Explanation.--For the purposes of this item, "metro railway" shall have the same
meaning as assigned to it in clause (i) of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Metro
Railway (Operation and Maintenance) Act, 2002 (60 of 2002);
(iiia) any University established or incorporated by any Central Act,];
(iv) any Institute incorporated by the Institutes of Technology Act, 1961 (59 of
1961);
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[(v) any Board of Trustees or any successor company constituted under or referred to
in the Major Port Trusts Act, 1963 (38 of 1963);]
(vi) the Bhakra Management Board constituted under section 79 of the Punjab
Reorganisation Act, 1966 (31 of 1966), and that Board as and when re-named as the
Bhakra-Beas Management Board under sub-section(6) of section 80 of that Act,
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[(vii) any State Government or the Government of any Union territory situated in the
National Capital Territory of Delhi or in any other Union territory,
(viii) any Cantonment Board constituted under the Cantonments Act, 1924 (2 of
1924); and]
(3) in relation to the8
[National Capital Territory of Delhi],--
(i) any premises belonging to the9
[Council as defined in clause (9) of section 2 of the
New Delhi Municipal Council Act, 1994 (44 of 1994) or Corporation or Corporations
notified under sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957 (66
of 1957),] of Delhi, or any Municipal Committee or notified area committee, 6
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(ii) any premises belonging to the Delhi Development Authority, whether such premises
are in the possession of, or leased out by, the said Authority;]10
[and],
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[(iii) any premises belonging to, or taken on lease or requisitioned by, or onbehalf of any
any State Government or the Government of any Union Territory,]
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[(iv) any premises belonging to, or taken on lease by, or on behalf of any Government
company as defined in clause (45) of section 2 of the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013).
Explanation.--For the purposes of this clause, the expression "State Government"
occurring in clause (45) of the said section shall mean the Government of the National
Capital Territory of Delhi;]
13[(4) any premises of the enemy property as defined in clause (c) of section 2 of the
Enemy Property Act, 1968 (34 of 1968).]
(f) "rent", in relation to any public premises, means the consideration payable periodically for the
authorised occupation of the premises, and includes--
(i) any charge for electricity, water or any other services in connection with the occupation of
the premises,
(ii) any tax (by whatever name called) payable in respect of the premises,
where such charge or tax is payable by the Central Government or the 14
[statutory authority];
15[(fa) residential accommodation occupation" in relation to any public premises means occupation by any
person on grant of licence to him to occupy such premises on the basis of an order of allotment for a fixed
tenure or for a period he holds office, in accordance with the rules and instructions issued in this regard, made
under the authority of the Central Government, a State Government, a Union territory Administration or a
statutory authority, as the case may be;]
16[17[(fb)] "statutory authority", in relation to the public premises referred to in clause (e) of this
section, means,--
(i) in respect of the public premises placed under the control of the Secretariat of either House
of Parliament, the Secretariat of the concerned House of Parliament,
(ii) in respect of the public premises referred to in item (i) of sub-clause (2)
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of sub-clause (3)] of that clause, the company or the subsidiary company, as the case may be,
referred to therein,
(iii) in respect of the public premises referred to in item (ii) of sub-clause (2) of that clause,
the corporation referred to therein,
(iv) in respect of the public premises referred to, respectively, in items (iii), (iv), (v) and (vi)
of sub-clause (2)of that clause, the University, Institute or Board, as the case may be, referred to
therein, and
(v) in respect of the public premises referred to in sub-clause (3) of that clause, the 17[Council,
Corporation or Corporations], Committee or Authority, as the case may be, referred to in that
sub-clause;]
19[20[(fc)] "temporary occupation" in relation to any public premises, means occupation by any person
person on the basis of an order of allotment made under the authority of the Central Government, a
State Government, the Government of a Union territory or a statutory authority for a total period
(including the extended period, if any) which is less than thirty days;]
(g) "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.
Notes:
1. Clause (a) omitted by Act 61 of 1980, s. 2 (w.e.f. 20-12-1980).
2. Subs. by s. 2, ibid., for clause (e) (w.e.f. 20-12-1980).
3. Subs. by Act 2 of 2015, s. 2, for "the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956)" (w.e.f. 22-6-2015).
4. Subs. by s. 2, ibid., for item (iii) (w.e.f. 22-6-2015).
5. Subs. by Act 2 of 2015, s. 2, for item (v) (w.e.f. 22-6-2015).
6. The word "and" omitted by Act 7 of 1994, s. 2 (w.e.f. 1-6-1994).
7. Ins. by s. 2, ibid. (w.e.f. 1-6-1994).
8. Subs. by s. 2, ibid., for "Union territory of Delhi" (w.e.f. 1-6-1994).
9. Subs. by Act 2 of 2015, s. 2, for "Municipal Corporation" (w.e.f. 22-6-2015).
10. The word "and" added by Act 7 of 1994, s. 2 (w.e.f. 1-6-1994).
11. Ins. by s. 2, ibid. (w.e.f. 1-6-1994).
12. Ins. by Act 2 of 2015, s. 2 (w.e.f. 22-6-2015).13. Ins. by Act 3 of 2017, s. 20 (w.e.f. 7-1-2016).
14. Subs. by Act 61 of 1980, s. 2, for "corporate authority" (w.e.f. 20-12-1980).
15. Ins. by Act 36 of 2019, s. 2 (w.e.f. 15-9-2019).
16. Ins. by Act 2 of 2015, s. 2 (w.e.f. 22-6-2015).
17. Clause (fa) renumbered as clause (fb) by Act 36 of 2019, s. 2 (w.e.f. 15-9-2019).
18 Subs. by s. 2, ibid., for "Corporation" (w.e.f. 22-6-2015).
19. Ins. by Act 7 of 1994, s. 2 (w.e.f. 1-6-1994).
20. Clause (fb) renumbered as clause (fc) by Act 36 of 2019, s. 2 (w.e.f. 15-9-2019).