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The Indian Easements Act, 1882
05
17-02-1882
The Indian Easements Act, 1882
An Act to define and amend the law relating to Easements and Licenses.
Ministry of Law and Justice
Legislative Department
Chapters, and Sections
Chapter 0 - Preliminary
1 - Short title.
2 - Savings.
3 - Construction of certain references to Act 15 of 1877 and Act 9 of 1871.
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Chapter 1 - Of Easements Generally
4 - "Easement" defined.
5 - Continuous and discontinuous, apparent and non-apparent, easements.
6 - Easement for limited time or on condition.
7 - Easements restrictive of certain rights.
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Chapter 2 - The Imposition, Acquisition And Transfer Of Easements
8 - Who may impose easements.
9 - Servient owners.
10 - Lessor and mortgagor.
11 - Lessee.
12 - Who may acquire easements.
13 - Easements of necessity and quasi easements.
14 - Direction of way of necessity.
15 - Acquisition by prescription.
16 - Exclusion in favour of reversioner of servient heritage.
17 - Rights which cannot be acquired by prescription.
18 - Customary easements.
19 - Transfer of dominant heritage passes easement.
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Chapter 3 - The Incidents Of Easements
20 - Rules controlled by contract or title.
21 - Bar to use unconnected with enjoyment.
22 - Exercise of ease dent. Confinement of exercise of easement.
23 - Right to alter mode of enjoyment.
24 - Right to do acts to secure enjoyment.
25 - Liability for expenses necessary for preservation of easement.
26 - Liability for damage from want of repair.
27 - Servient owner not bound to do anything.
28 - Extent of easements.
29 - Increase of easement.
30 - Partition of dominant heritage.
31 - Obstruction in case of excessive user.
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Chapter 4 - The Disturbance Of Easements
32 - Right to enjoyment without disturbance.
33 - Suit for disturbance of easement.
34 - When cause of action arises for removal of support.
35 - Injunction to restrain disturbance.
36 - Abatement of obstruction of easement.
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Chapter 5 - The Extinction, Suspension And Revival Of Easements
37 - Extinction by dissolution of right of servient owner.
38 - Extinction by release.
39 - Extinction by revocation.
40 - Extinction on expiration of limited period or happening of dissolving condition.
41 - Extinction on termination of necessity.
42 - Extinction of useless easement.
43 - Extinction by permanent Change in dominant heritage.
44 - Extinction on permanent alteration of servient heritage by superior force.
45 - Extinction by destruction of either heritage.
46 - Extinction by unity of ownership.
47 - Extinction by non-enjoyment.
48 - Extinction of accessory rights.
49 - Suspension of easement.
50 - Servient owner not entitled to require continuance.
51 - Revival of easements.
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Chapter 6 - Licenses
52 - "License" defined.
53 - Who may grant license.
54 - Grant may be express or implied.
55 - Accessory licenses annexed by law.
56 - License when transferable.
57 - Grantor's duty to disclose defects.
58 - Grantor's duty not to render property unsafe.
59 - Grantor's transferee not bound by license.
60 - License when revocable.
61 - Revocation express or implied.
62 - License when deemed revoked.
63 - Licensee's rights on revocation.
64 - Licensee's rights on eviction.
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