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Karnataka Rent Control Act, 2001 Section 36 - Bare Act

StateKarnataka Government
Year
Section TitleRecovery of Possession for Repairs and Re-building and Re-entry
Act Info:

(1) In making any order on the grounds specified in clauses (h) or (i) of sub-section (2) of section 27 or of sections 28, 29,30,31 or 37 the Court shall unless the landlord has obtained permission for conversion of user of the premises after re-building and repair, for a commercial purpose ascertain from the tenant whether he elects to be placed in occupation of the premises or part thereof from which he is to be evicted and if the tenant so elects, shall record the fact of these election in the order and specify therein the date on or before which he shall deliver possession so as to enable the landlord to commence the work of repairs or building or re-building, as the case may be, and the date before which the landlord shall deliver the possession of the said premises.

(2) If the tenant delivers possession on or before the date specified in the order, the landlord shall, on the completion of the work of repairs or building or re-building, place the tenant in occupation of the premises or part thereof before the date specified in sub-section (1) or such extended date as may be specified by the Court by an order.

(3) If, after the tenant has delivered possession on or before the date specified in the order, the landlord fails to commence the work or repairs or re-building within one month of the specified date or fails to complete the work in a reasonable time or having completed the work, fails to place the tenant in occupation of the premises in accordance with sub-section (2), the Court may, on an application made to him in this behalf by the tenant within such time as may be prescribed, order the landlord to place the tenant in occupation of the premises or part thereof or to pay to the tenant such compensation being an amount not less than three times of the standard rent of that premises as the Court thinks fit.




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