Under section 15 of the Indian Easements Act, 1882, what period replaces the ordinary twenty-year…
The final paragraph of section 15 substitutes thirty years for twenty where the property belongs to the Government. The other statutory requirements for prescriptive…
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Under section 15 of the Indian Easements Act, 1882, what period replaces the ordinary twenty-year period for acquiring a prescriptive easement over property belonging to the Government?
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The final paragraph of section 15 substitutes thirty years for twenty where the property belongs to the Government. The other statutory requirements for prescriptive enjoyment still apply.
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Option A
Twenty years is the ordinary period. The Government-property provision substitutes a different period.
Option B
The section makes no substitution of twenty-two years.
Option C
Section 15 substitutes thirty years when the property belongs to the Government.
Option D
The Government-property provision does not substitute forty years.
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