Act Number: 5

Act Name: The Indian Easements Act, 1882

Year: 1882

Enactment Date: 1882-02-17

Long Title: An Act to define and amend the law relating to Easements and Licenses.

Ministry: Ministry of Law and Justice

Department: Legislative Department

Section 1: Short title.
    This Act may be called the Indian Easements Act, 1882.
     Local extent.--It extends1 to the territories respectively administered by the Governor of Madras in Council and the Chief Commissioners of the Central Provinces and Coorg;
     Commencement.--and it shall come into force on the first day of July, 1882.
                                                         STATE AMENDMENTS
    Karnataka
    Amendment of Central Act V of 1882.--In section 1 of the Indian Easements Act, 1882 (Central Act V of 1882) for the entry under the heading "Local extent", the following entry shall be substituted, namely:--
     "It extends to the whole of the State of Karnataka".
     [Vide Karnataka Act 33 of 1978, s. 6].
Notes:
1. The Act was extended to--
(1) Ajmer-Merwara by notification under s. 5 of the Scheduled Districts Act, 1874 (14 of 1874), see Gazette of India, 1897, Pt. II, p. 1413;
(2) Bombay and the U.P. by Act 8 of 1891 and continued in force, with modifications, in the territory transferred to Delhi State, see the Delhi Laws Act, 1915 (7 of 1915), s. 3 and the Third Schedule;
(3) Whole of Madhya Pradesh by Madhya Pradesh Act 23 of 1958;
(4) Punjab by Punjab Act 29 of 1961;
(5) Kerala by Kerala Act 5 of 1962;
(6) Pondicherry by Act 26 of 1968, s. 3 and Schedule.
(7) Extended to the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Union territory of Ladakh by Act 34 of 2019 s. 95 and the Fifth Schedule (w.e.f. 31-10- 2019).
The Act has been repealed in its application to Bellary District by Mysore Act 14 of 1955.

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