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Section 22-A: Definitions.

The Jammu and Kashmir Development Act, 1970Union territory Act of Jammu and Kashmir · Act 21 of 1970

In this Chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,—

(a) “amenity” includes road, supply of water or electricity, street lighting, drainage, sewerage, conservancy and such other convenience as the Government may, by notification in the Government Gazette, specify to be an amenity for the purposes of this Chapter ;

(b) “building” means any structure or erection, or part of a structure or erection, which is intended to be used for residential, industrial, commercial or other purposes, whether in actual use or not ;

(c) “Collector” means the Collector of a district, and includes any officer specially appointed by the Government to perform the functions of a Collector under this Chapter ;

(d) “commercial centre” in relation to any industrial area or industrial estate means any site selected by the Government where the Corporation builds shops and other buildings and makes them available for any commercial activity ;

(e) “Corporation” means the Jammu and Kashmir Industrial Development Corporation or any other corporation(s) as notified by Government established under section 22-B ;

(f) “Development” with its grammatical variations, means the carrying out of building, engineering, quarrying or other operations in, on, over or under land, or the making of any material change in any building or land, and includes re-development, but does not include mining operations; and “to develop” shall be construed accordingly ;

(g) “engineering operations” include the formation of laying out of means of access to a road or the laying out of means of water supply ;

(h) “Industrial area” means any area declared to be an industrial area by the Government by notification in the Government Gazette, which is to be developed and where industries are to be accommodated ;

(i) “Industrial estate” means any site selected by the Government, where the Corporation builds factories and other buildings and makes them available for any industries or class of industries ;

(j) “means of access” includes a road for any means of access, whether private or public, for vehicles or for pedestrians ;

(k) “premises” means any land of 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 ; and

(ii) any fittings affixed to such building or part of a building for the more beneficial enjoyment thereof ;

(l) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Chapter ;

(m) the expression “land” and the expression “person interested” shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013.

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ActThe Jammu and Kashmir Development Act, 1970
Section22-A
Marginal noteDefinitions.
JurisdictionUnion territory of Jammu and Kashmir
StatusIn force as published by the source

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