Requisitioning and Acquisition of Property Act, 1981
No: 27 Dated: Sep, 29 1981
Requisitioning and Acquisition of Property Act, 1981
(Act 27 of 1981)
An Act to provide for the requisitioning and acquisition of property for public purposes, not being purposes of the Union.
whereas it is expedient to provide for the requisitioning and acquisition of property for public purposes, not being purposes of the Union;
Be it enacted in the Thirty-second Year of the Republic of India as follows:—
1. Short title, extent and commencement:- (1) This Act may be called the Kerala Requisitioning and Acquisition of Property Act, 1981.
(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Kerala.
(3) It shall come into force at once.
2. Definitions:- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a) "award" means any award of the District Collector made under section 8;
(b) "landlord" means any person who for the time being is receiving or is entitled to receive, the rent of any premises, whether on his own account, or on account or on behalf or for the benefit, of any other person or as a trustee, guardian or receiver for any other person, or who would so receive the rent or be entitled to receive the rent if the premises were let to a tenant;
(c) the expression "person interested", in relation to any property, includes all persons claiming, or entitled to claim, an interest in the compensation payable on account of the requisitioning or acquisition of that property under this Act.
(d) "premises" means any building or part of a building and includes—
(i) the garden, grounds and out-houses, 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;
(e) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(f) "property" means movable or immovable property of every kind and includes any rights in or over such property;
(g) "State" means the State of Kerala;
(h) "tenant" means any person by whom or on whose account rent is payable for any premises and includes such sub tenants and other persons as have derived title under the tenant under any law for the time being in force.