Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Definitions - In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) 1[“corporate authority” means,- (i) any local authority; (ii) any company or corporation referred to in clause (d)]. 2[(aa)] “estate officer” means an officer appointed as such by the Government under section 3; (b) “Government” means the State Government; (c) “notification” means a notification published in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette and the expression “notified” shall be construed accordingly; (d) 3[“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,- (i) any local authority; (ii) any company as defined in section 3 of the 4[Companies Act, 1956, (Central Act 1 of 1956)] in which not less than fifty-one per cent of the paid up share capital is held by the Government; and (iii) any corporation (not being a company as defined in section 3 of the 4[Companies Act, 1956 (Central Act 1 of 1956)] or a local authority established) by or under a Central Act or a State Act and owned or controlled by the Government;] (e) “premises” means 5[any land or building or any part thereof] and includes— (i) out-houses, gardens, grounds and vacant sites, if any, appertaining to such building or part of a building; (ii) any fittings affixed to such building or part of a building for the more beneficial enjoyment thereof; (f) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (g) “rent” in relation to any public premises means the consideration