(1) This Act may be called 2[the Telangana (Prevention of Speculation in Immovable Property) Act, 1954].
(2) It extends to the whole of the 2[State of Telangana].
2. In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context—
(a) „Government‟ means the State Government;
(b) „notified area‟ means any area declared to be a notified area under section 3;
(c) „notified date‟ in relation to immovable property situated in any notified area means such date as the Government may, by notification, specify in respect of that area;
Explanation.—The date specified in any such notification may be a date either before or after the declaration of the area as a notified area under section 3;
(d) „notification‟ means a notification published in the 2[Telangana Gazette];
1. The Andhra Pradesh (Prevention of Speculation in Immovable Property) Act, 1954 (Act No. VIII of 1954) in force in the combined State, as on 02.06.2014, has been adapted to the State of Telangana, under section 101 of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 (Central Act 6 of 2014) vide. the Telangana Adaptation of Laws Order, 2016, issued in G.O. Ms. No. 45, Law (F) Department, dated: 01.06.2016.
2. Substituted by G.O.Ms.No.45, Law (F) Department, dated 01.06.2016.
Short title and extent.
Definitions.
2 [Act No. VIII of 1954]
(e) „transfer‟ means a sale, exchange or mortgage with possession and includes a sale held in execution of a decree or order of a Court or a sale conducted by an officer acting under the authority of any statute, decree or order of a Court;
3[2-A. If the whole or any part of the city of Hyderabad or the city of Secunderabad is declared under sub-section
(1) of section 3 to be a notified area, then, in the application of the provisions of this Act to such area, references to the District Collector and the Subordinate Judge‟s Court wherever they occur in this Act, shall be deemed to be references, respectively, to the District Collector of Hyderabad and the Additional Judge of the City Civil Court.]