Application of the Karnataka Public Premises (Eviction of unauthorized occupants) Act, 1974 (Karnataka Act 32 of 1974) to the Authority Premises

(1) The State Government. may by notification provide from such date as may be specified in such notification that the Karnataka Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act, 1974 shall apply to premises belonging to, vesting in, or leased by, the Authority as that Act applies in relation to public premises but subject to the provisions of sub-section (2). (2) On a notification being issued under sub-section (1), the aforesaid Act, and the rules made thereunder shall apply to the premises of the Authority with the following modifications, namely:- (a) The State Government may appoint any officer of the State Government or the Authority as it thinks fit, to be the competent officer for the purposes of the aforesaid Acts; (b) References to "public premises" in that Act and those rules shall be deemed to be references to premises of the Authority, and references to "the State Government in sections 6,8,14,16 and 17 of that Act shall be deemed to be references to the Authority.