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The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 2
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
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NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1968/PHALGUNA 15, 1889
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RAJYA SABHA
The following Bills were introduced in the Rajya Sabba on the
5th March, 1968: —
I
BILL NO. XI OF 1968
A Bill to confer on the President the power of the Legislature of
the State of West Bengal to make laws.
BE it enacted
by Parliament in the
Nineteenth Year of the
Republic of India as follows: —
1 This Act may be called the West
Bengal State
Legislature
(Delegation of Powers) Act, 1968.
2. In this Act "Proclamation" means the Proclamation issued on
the 20th day of February, 1968, under article 356 of the Constitution,
by the President and published with the notification of the Govern-
ment of India in the Ministry of Home Affairs No. G.S.R. 322 of the
said date.
Short
title.
Defini-
tion.
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Confer-
ment on
tha Presi-
dent Of
the power
of the
State
Legisla-
ture to
make laws
3. (1) The power of the Legislature of the State of West Bengal
to make laws, which has been declared by the Proclamation to be
' exercisable by or under the authority of Parliament, is hereby con-
. ferred on the President
(2) In the exercise of -the said power, the President may, from
time to time, whether Parliament is or is not in session, enact as a
, President's Act a Bill containing such provisions as he considers
necessary:
Provided that before enacting any such Act, the President shall,
whenever he considers it practicable to do so, consult a committee
constituted for the purpose, consisting of forty members of the House
of the People nominated by the Speaker and twenty members of the
Council of States nominated by the Chairman.
(3) Every Act enacted by the President under sub-section
(2)
shall, as soon as may be after enactment, be laid before each House
of Parliament.
(4) Either House of Parliament may, by resolution passed within
thirty days from the date on which the Act has been laid before it
under sub-section (3), which period may be comprised in one ses-
sion or in two successive sessions, direct any modifications to be
made in the Act and if the modifications are agreed to by the other
House of Parliament during the session in which the Act has been
so laid before it or the session succeeding, such modifications shall
be given effect to by the President by enacting an amending Act
under sub-section (2):
Provided that nothing in this sub-section shall affect the validity
of the Act or of any action taken thereunder before it is so amended.
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STATEMKNT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS
Under the Proclamation of the President, dated the 20th February,
1968, the powers of the Legislature of the State of West Bengal are
now exerciflable by or under the authority of Parliament. Such
legislative measures as may be necessary for the State can be taken
up by Parliament only by postponing its business; and even then,
it is likely that Parliament may not have time to deal with all legis-
lative measures for the State. It Is, therefore, proposed that Parlla- ,
ment should, in accordance with the provisions of sub-clause (a) of
clause (1) of article 357 of the Constitution, confer by law on the
President the powers of the Legislature of the State of West Bengal
to make laws for the State. The present Bill is intended to give
effect to this proposal.
NEW Dmn;
Y. B. CHAVAN.
The 1st March, 1968.
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Short
title.
Amend-
ment of
section 2.
II
BILL NO. VI OF 1968
A Bill further to amend the Public Premises
(Eviction of Un-
authorised Occupants) Act, 1958.
BE it enacted by Parliament in 'the Nineteenth Year of the
Republic of India as follows: —
1. This Act may be called the Public Premises (Eviction of
Unauthorised Occupants) Amendment Act, 1968.
2. In section 2 of the Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised
Occupants) Act, 1958 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act),
for clause (b), the following clause shall be substituted, namely: —
' (b) "public premises" means any premises belonging to, or
taken on lease or requisitioned by, or on behalf of, the Central
Government; and includes—
32 of 1658.
SEC. 2]
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1 of 1956.
(1) any premises belonging U>, or taken on lease by,
or on behalf of, any company as denned in section 3 of the
Companies Act, 1956, in which not less than fifty-one per
cent, of the paid-up share capital is held by the
Cental
Government; and
(2) in relation to the Union territory of Delhi—
({) any premises belonging to the Municipal Cor-
poration of Delhi or any municipal committee or notified
area committee, and
(ii) any premises belonging to the Delhi Develop-
ment Authority, whether such premises are in the pos-
session of, or leased out by, the said Authority;'.
3. In section 3 of the principal Act, in clause (a), for the words
"or officers of equivalent rank of the Corporation", the words "or
officers of equivalent rank of any company or the Corporation" shall
be substituted.
4. After section 10D of the principal Act, the following section
shall b« inserted, namely: —
"10E. No civil court shall have jurisdiction to entertain any
suit or proceeding in respect of the eviction of any person who
is in unauthorised occupation of any public premises or the
recovery of the arrears of rent payable under sub-section (1) of
section 7 or the damages payable under sub-section (2) of that
section or costs awarded to the Central Government under aub-
section (4A) of section 9 or any portion of such rent, damages or
costs.".
Amend-
ment of
section 3.
Insertion
of new
section
10E.
Bar of
jurisdic-
tion.
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STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS
Recently the Supreme Court in Northern India Caterers Private
Limited Vs. State of Punjab (A.I.R. 1967 S.C. 1581) declared section 5
of the Punjab Public Premises and Land (Eviction and Rent Reco-
very) Act, 1959 void on •the gruund that the suction was discrimina-
tory and violative of article 14 of the Constitution, inasmuch as it
conferred an additional remedy over and above the usual remedy
by way of suit and provided two alternative remedies to the Govern-
ment, leaving it to the unguided discretion of the Collector to resort
to one or the other. The object and the procedure prescribed by
the Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act, 1958
are also similar to those of the Punjab Act. In view of this it is felt
that in order to meet the objection raised in the aforesaid judgment
of the Supreme Court regarding the validity of the Punjab Act,
suitable amendment should be made to the Public Premises (Evic-
tion of Unauthorised Occupants) Act, 1958 so that the alternative
remedy by way of suit that may be resorted to by the Estate Officer
;n his discretion is taken away.
2. The expression "public pn mises" as defined in clause (fa) of
section 2 of the Public Prpmises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occu-
pants) Act, 1958 does not include premises belonging to public
sector undertakings, namely, Government companies in which the
Central Government holds at least fifty-one per cent of its paid-up
share capital. These bodies are also faced, from time-to-time, with
the problem of unauthorised occupation of their premises by un-
authorised persons. It is impossible for such bodies to take speedy
action even in flagrant cases of unauthorised occupation of their
premises. It is, therefore, considered necessary to invoke the speedy
machinery of the Act for the eviction of persons who are in unautho-
rised occupation of the premises belonging to such bodies by
suitably amending the definition of the expression "public premises".
3. The Bill mainly seeks to achieve the above objects.
NEW DELHI;
JAGANATH RAO.
The Wth February, 1&68.
B. N. BANERJEE,
Secretary.
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