Section 32, Bombay Rent-free Estates Act, 1852 [S11-EHG]
As at 7 September 2026. In force from 10 March 1853 by S.O. 2286(E) [N11-7YP].
32. Registration of occupiers.—(1) Every occupier shall, within sixty days from the commencement of this Act or, where such person begins the occupation of land after such commencement, within sixty days from the date of such beginning, make an application for registration to the Collector in Form 3, accompanied by a fee of two thousand rupees. (2) The Collector shall, on being satisfied that the application is in order, register the applicant and issue a certificate of registration in such form as may be prescribed. (3) No occupier shall carry on the occupation of land unless registered under this section.
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Collector: Section 2, Bombay Rent-free Estates Act, 1852 [S11DKR] (In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—): "Collector" means the Collector of a district, and includes a Deputy Commissioner and any officer specially appointed by the appropriate Government to perform the functions of a Collector under this Act
Collector: Section 3, General Clauses Act, 1897 [S100SN] (In this Act, and in all Central Acts and Regulations made after the commencement of this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context): (11) "Collector" shall mean, in a Presidency town, the Collector of Calcutta, Madras or Bombay, as the case may be, and elsewhere the chief officer-in-charge of the revenue-administration of a district;
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land: Section 2, Bombay Rent-free Estates Act, 1852 [S11DKR] (In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—): "land" includes benefits to arise out of land, and things attached to the earth or permanently fastened to anything attached to the earth
land: 35 more definitions.
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