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 62: License when deemed revoked.
    A license is deemed to be revoked--
         (a) when, from a cause preceding the grant of it, the grantor ceases to have any interest in the property affected by the license;
         (b) when the licensee releases it, expressly or impliedly, to the grantor or his representative;
         (c) where it has been granted for a limited period, or acquired on condition that it shall become void on the performance or non-performance of a specified act, and the period expires, or the condition is fulfilled;
         (d) where the property affected by the license is destroyed or by superior force so permanently altered that the licensee can not longer exercise his right;
         (e) where the licensee becomes entitled to the absolute ownership of the property affected by the license;
     (f) where the license is granted for a specified purpose and the purpose is attained, or abandoned, or becomes impracticable;
         (g) where the license is granted to the licensee as holding a particular office, employment or character, and such office, employment or character ceases to exist;
         (h) where the license totally ceases to be used as such for an unbroken period of twenty years, and such cessation is not in pursuance of a contract between the grantor and the licensee;
         (i) in the case of an accessory license, when the interest or right to which it is accessory ceases to exist.
    
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