Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Definitions. In this Act unless the context otherwise requires— (a) “Estate Officer” means an officer appointed as such by the State Government under S. 3 ; (b) “Premises” means any land or any building or part of a building and includes,— (i) that garden, grounds and out-houses, 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; (c) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (d) “Public premises” means any premises belonging to, or taken on lease or requisitioned by, or on behalf of, the State Government and includes any premises belonging to, or taken on lease by, or on behalf of— (i) any company as defined in S. 3 of the Companies Act, 1956 in which not less than fifty-one per cent of the paid up share capital is held by the State Government ; or (ii) any Corporation (not being a company as defined in S. 3 of the Companies Act, 1956 or a local authority) estab- lished by or under a Central or State Act and owned or controlled by the State Government ; or (iii) any Municipal Committee or Notified Area Authority ; (iv) any gaon sabha constituted under U. P. Panchayat Raj Act as extended to Tripura ; (e) “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 or the statutory authority ; where such charge or tax is payable by the State Government or the statutory authority ; (f) “statutory authority” means any authority referred to in Cl. (d) of this section ; (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.