The following amendments shall be made in the Government Premises (Eviction) Act, I960, namely:—
(1) In sub-seotion (2) of section 1, for the words "the States of Jammu and Kashmir and Delhi", the words "tho State of Jammu anor Kashmir" shall be substituted.
(2) For olause (6) of seotion 2, the following clause Shall be substituted, namely :— "(b) 'Government premisos' means any premises or land belonging to, or taken on lease or requisitioned by, the Central Government or requisitioned by the competent authority under the Requisitioning and Acquisition of Immovable Property Ordinance, 1952, and, in relation to the State of Delhi, includes any premises or land belonging to any municipality in Delhi or any land belonging to the Improvement Trust, Delhi, whether such land is in the possession of, or leased out by, the Improvement Trust.
(3) In section 3, for the words "the premises" wherever they ocour, the words "the Government promises" shall be substituted.
(4) For section 4, the following seotion shall be substituted, namely :— "4. Power to recover rent or damages in respect of Government premises as arrears of land revenue.—(1) Subjeot to any rules that may be made in this behalf by the Central Government, by notificati in the Official Gazette, any sum due by way of rent in respect of any Government promises which is in arrear may be rooovered by the competent authority from the person liable to pay the same in the same manner as an arrear of land revenue.
(2) Where any person is in unauthorised oooupation of any Government premises, the competent authority may, in the prescribed manner, assess Buoh damages on account of the use and occupation of the Government premises as it thinks fit and may, by notice served by post or in such other manner, as may be prescribed by rules made in this behalf, order that person to pay the damages within such time as may be specified in the notice.
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(3) If any person rofuses or fails to pay the damage within the time specified in the notice under sub-section (2), the damages may be recovered in the same manner as an arrear of land, revenue."
(5) In sub-section (2) of section 10—
(i) after clause (b), the following clause shall be inserted, namoly :— "(bb) the ciroumstances under which rent in respect of Government premises may bo reoovered as an arrear of land revenue ;";
(ii) to clause (c)j the words "and the matters which may be taken into account in assessing such damages" shall be insertod ;
(Hi) after olause (c), the following clause shall be inserted, uamely :—• "(co) the manner of service of any notice under this Aot;".
KAJENDRA PRASAD, President K. V. K. StOSTDARAM, Secretary.