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 22: Exercise of ease dent. Confinement of exercise of easement.
    The dominant owner must exercise his right in the mode which is least onerous to the servient owner; and, when the exercise of an easement can without detriment to the dominant owner be confined to a determinate part of the servient heritage, such exercise shall, at the request of the servient owner, be so confined.
     Illustrations
         (a) A has a right of way over B's field. A must enter the way at either end and not at any intermediate point.
         (b) A has a right annexed to his house to cut thatching-grass in B's swamp. A, when exercising his easement, must cut the grass so that the plants may not be destroyed.
    
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