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Shore Nuisances (Bombay and Kolaba) Act, 1853 Preamble 1

Title: Shore Nuisances (Bombay and Kolaba) Act, 1853

State: Central

Year: 1853

THE SHORE NUISANCES (BOMBAY AND KOLABA) ACT, 1853 [Act, No. 11 of 1853] [l5th July, 1853] PREAMBLE An Act to facilitate the removal of nuisances and encroachments below high-water mark in the Islands of Bombay and Kolaba. WHEREAS there is a large sea-shore in the islands of Bombay and Kolaba, and it is expedient, with a view to the safe navigation of the harbour of Bombay, and to the public interests generally, to facilitate the removal of nuisances, obstructions and encroachments below high-water mark in the said harbour; or upon or about the, shores of the said islands; It is enacted as follows:

Shore Nuisances (Bombay and Kolaba) Act, 1853 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1853

.....PETITION No person shall be allowed, after the expiration of such period of one month, to present any such petition as aforesaid, unless on satisfactory accounting to the said Court for the delay. SECTION 05: WHEN COLLECTOR MAY CAUSE REMOVAL OF NUISANCE FORM OF WARRANT. INDEMNITY If no such petition shall -be presented within the said period of one month, or if the same be presented and determined against the right of the petitioner, or be dismissed for want of prosecution, it shall be lawful for the Collector to cause such abatement or removal as aforesaid by any person or persons to be authorized by warrant under his hand, and such warrant may be in the Form No. 2 in the Schedule to this Act annexed, or to the like effect; and the said Collector, and any person acting under his warrant, shall not be answerable for any damage unvoidably occasioned in the removal of any such nuisance obstruction or encroachment. SECTION 06: POWER TO SELL MATERIALS OF ENCROACHMENT The said Collector may sell the materials of any encroachment or obstruction removed under this Act, and may apply the proceeds of sale in or towards payment of the expenses of the removal, and, if any.....

The Shore Nuisance (Bombay and Kolaba) Act, 1853 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1853

.....FOR PETITION No person shall he allowed, after the expiration of such period of one month, to present any such petition as aforesaid, unless on satisfactorily accounting to the said Court for the delay. SECTION 05: WHEN COLLECTOR MAY CAUSE REMOVAL OF NUISANCE If no such petition shall be presented within the said period of one month, or if the same be presented and determined against the right of the petitioner, or be dismissed for want of prosecution, it shall be lawful for the Collector to cause such abatement or removal as aforesaid by any person or persons to be authorised by warrant under his hand, and such warrant may be in the Form No. 2 in the Schedule to this Act annexed, or to the like effect; and the said Collector, and any person acting under his warrant, shall not be answerable for any damage unavoidably occasioned in the removal of any such nuisance, obstruction or encroachment. SECTION 06: POWER TO SELL MATERIALS OF ANY ENCROACHMENT The said Collector may sell the materials of any encroachment or obstruction removed under this Act, and may apply the proceeds of sale in or towards payment of the expenses of the removal, and, if any surplus shall remain, the same.....

The Shore Nuisance (Bombay and Kolaba) Act, 1853 Complete Act

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1853

.....FOR PETITION No person shall he allowed, after the expiration of such period of one month, to present any such petition as aforesaid, unless on satisfactorily accounting to the said Court for the delay. SECTION 05: WHEN COLLECTOR MAY CAUSE REMOVAL OF NUISANCE If no such petition shall be presented within the said period of one month, or if the same be presented and determined against the right of the petitioner, or be dismissed for want of prosecution, it shall be lawful for the Collector to cause such abatement or removal as aforesaid by any person or persons to be authorised by warrant under his hand, and such warrant may be in the Form No. 2 in the Schedule to this Act annexed, or to the like effect; and the said Collector, and any person acting under his warrant, shall not be answerable for any damage unavoidably occasioned in the removal of any such nuisance, obstruction or encroachment. SECTION 06: POWER TO SELL MATERIALS OF ANY ENCROACHMENT The said Collector may sell the materials of any encroachment or obstruction removed under this Act, and may apply the proceeds of sale in or towards payment of the expenses of the removal, and, if any surplus shall remain, the same.....

Shore Nuisances (Bombay and Kolaba) Act, 1853 Section 1

Title: Power to Give Notice to Remove Nuisance

State: Central

Year: 1853

It shall be lawful for the Collector of Land-revenue at Bombay to give notice requiring the removal of any nuisance, obstruction or encroachment anywhere below high-water mark in the said harbour of Bombay, or upon or about the shores of the said islands; Mode of giving notice such notice shall be given by affixing the same in some conspicuous place on or near to the encroachment, obstruction or nuisance complained of, and by publication thereof in the [Substitute by the A.O.1937 for " Bombay Govt. Gazette".] [Official Gazette], and shall Contents state that, unless the nuisance, obstruction or encroachment be removed or abated within one Form month the same will be removed or abated by the said Collector; such notice may be in the Form No.1, in the Schedule to this Act annexed, or to the like effect.

Shore Nuisances (Bombay and Kolaba) Act, 1853 Section 7

Title: Saving of Rights of Government

State: Central

Year: 1853

Nothing in this Act shall prejudice or affect the rights of [The words " the East India Company as trustees for ", rep by Act 14 of 1870, s. l and Schedule, Part II.] the Government in any part of the said harbour, or of the sea-shore of the said islands, or preclude or interfere with any such proceedings, civil or criminal for abating such nuisances and encroachments as aforesaid, as might have been had if this Act had not been passed.

Shore Nuisances (Bombay and Kolaba) Act, 1853 Complete Act

Title: Shore Nuisances (Bombay and Kolaba) Act, 1853

State: Central

Year: 1853

Preamble1 - SHORE NUISANCES (BOMBAY AND KOLABA) ACT, 1853 Section1 - Power to give notice to remove nuisance Section2 - Petition by person denying right to remove nuisance Section3 - Onus of proving right Section4 - Limitation of time for petition Section5 - When Collector may cause removal of nuisance Section6 - Power to sell materials of encroachment Section7 - Saving of rights of Government Section8 - High-water mark defined ScheduleI - SCHEDULE

Shore Nuisances (Bombay and Kolaba) Act, 1853 Section 6

Title: Power to Sell Materials of Encroachment

State: Central

Year: 1853

The said Collector may sell the materials of any encroachment or obstruction removed under this Act, and may apply the proceeds of sale in or towards payment of the expenses of the removal, and, if any surplus shall remain, the same shall be forfeited and be paid and applied in such manner as the [Substitute by the A.O.1937 for " Governor of Bombay in Council".][Central Government] shall direct.

Shore Nuisances (Bombay and Kolaba) Act, 1853 Schedule I

Title: Schedule

State: Central

Year: 1853

SCHEDULE FORM NO.1 NOTICE is hereby given by the Collector of Land-revenue in Bombay, under Act No.11 of 1853, that (describe the encroachment) is to be removed or abated within one month from the date hereof; otherwise the same will be removed or abated by the said Collector under the authority of the said Act. Dated the day of in the year of our Lord (Signature of Collector.) FORM No.2 THIS warrant, granted by the Collector of Land-revenue in Bombay under Act No.11 of 1853, is to authorize of to remove (describe encroachment). Dated (Signature of Collector.)

Shore Nuisances (Bombay and Kolaba) Act, 1853 Section 8

Title: High-water Mark Defined

State: Central

Year: 1853

The words " high-water mark" in this Act shall mean the ordinary line of high-water at monsoon tides.