Keyword(s):
Owner, Person Concerned, Premises, Public Premises, Unauthorised
Occupation

ACT NO.9 OF 1980
AN
ACT
to provide for the speedy eviction of unauthorised occupants from the public premises;
[16th October, 1980J
WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for speedy eviction of unauthorised
occupants from public premises;
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Sikkim in the Thirty-first Year of the Republic of India as
follows:
1.
Definitions.
Short title, extent
and commen-
cement,
(1) This Act may be called the Sikkim Public Premises (Eviction
of Unauthorised Occupants and Rent Recovery) Act, 1980.
(2) It extends to the whole of Sikkim.
(3) It shall be deemed to have come into force on
the 22nd day of August, 1980.

  1. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,
    (a) “Appellate Authority” means an Officer appointed by the State
    Government under sub-section (1) of section 9 of this Act;
    (b) ‘Collector” means the Collector of the district and includes any
    other officers appointed by the State Government for
    performing the functions of the Collector under this Act;
    (c) “notification” means a notification published in the Official
    Gazette;
    (d) “owner” means
    (i) in relation to any premises belonging to, or taken on lease
    by, or requisitioned by or on behalf of the State
    Government; that Government; and 364
    (ii) in relation to any premises belonging to, or ~taken on lease
    by, a local authority, company or corporation, such local
    authorities, company or corporation, as the case may be;
    (e) “person concerned” in relation to any public premises, means
    any person who is in the use or occupation of the public
    premises;
    (f) “premises” means any land, whether used for agricultural or
    non-agricultural or any other purposes, or any building or part
    of a building and inc1udes,
    (i) the garden, grounds and out-house~, 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;
    (g) “public premises” means any premises belonging to, or taken
    on lease by the State Government, or local authority, or a
    Government company or a corporation owned or controlled by
    the State Government and includes any land requisitioned by
    or on behalf of the State Government;
    Explanation.- In this clause “Government company” means any company
    in which not less than fifty one percent of the paid up share capital is held
    by the State Government.

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