Legal glossary

“public place”

Defined in 4 Acts. A definition holds for the Act that gives it; the same word can mean something else in another Act.
  1. MV Act · s. 2

    The Motor Vehicles Act, 1988

    (34) "public place" means a road, street, way or other place, whether a thoroughfare or not, to which the public have a right of access, and includes any place or stand at which passengers are picked up or set down by a stage carriage;
    Read section 2
  2. The Delhi Police Act, 1978 · s. 2

    (o) "public place" means any place to which the public have access, whether as of right or not, and includes—
    Read section 2
  3. The Manipur Municipalities Act, 1994 · s. 2

    (48) "public place" means a space, not being private property which is open to the use or enjoyment of the public whether such space is vested in a municipality or not;
    Read section 2
  4. The New Delhi Municipal Council Act, 1994 · s. 2

    (37) "public place" means any place which is open to the use and enjoyment of the public, whether it is actually used or enjoyed by the public or not;
    Read section 2