Title : Short Title, Extent and Commencement
State : Central
Year : 1958
(1) This Act may be called the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958. (2) It extends to the areas included within the limits of the New Delhi Municipal Committee and the Delhi Cantonment Board and to such urban areas within the limits of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi as are specified in the First Schedule: Provided that the Central Government; may, by notification in the Official Gazette, extend this Act or any provision thereof, to any other urban area included within the limits of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi of exclude any area from the operation of this Act or any provision thereof. (3) It shall come into force on such date1as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. __________________________ 1. Came into force on 9-2-1959 ov vide..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Definitions
State : Central
Year : 1958
2. Definitions.- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-- (a) "basic rent", in relation to premises let out before the 2nd day of June, 1944, means the basic rent of such premises as determined in accordance with the provisions of the Second Schedule; (b) "Controller" means a Controller appointed under sub-section (1) of section 35 and includes an additional Controller appointed under sub-section (2) of that section; (c) "fair rate" means the fair rate fixed under section 31 and includes the rate as revised under section 32; (d) "hotel or lodging house" means a building or part of a building where lodging with or without board or other services is provided for a monetary consideration; (e) "landlord" means a person who, for the time being is receiving, or is..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Rent in Excess of Standard Rent Not Recoverable
State : Central
Year : 1958
(1) Except where rent is liable to periodical increase by virtue of an agreement entered into before the 1st day of January, 1939, no tenant shall, notwithstanding any agreement to the contrary, be liable to pay to his landlord for the occupation of any premises any amount in excess of the standard rent of the premises, unless such amount is a lawful increase of the standard rent in accordance with the provisions of this Act. (2) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (1) any agreement for the payment of rent in excess of the standard rent shall be construed as if it were an agreement for the payment of the standard rent only. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Time Limit of Making Deposit and Consequences of Incorrect Particulars in Application for Deposit
State : Central
Year : 1958
(1) No rent deposited under section 27 shall be considered to have been validly deposited under that section, unless the deposit is made within twenty-one days of the time referred to in section 26 for payment of the rent. (2) No such deposit shall be considered to have been validly made, if the tenant wilfully makes any false statement in his application for depositing the rent, unless the landlord has withdrawn the amount deposited before the date of filing an application for the recovery of possession of the premises from the tenant. (3) If the rent is deposited within the time mentioned in sub-section (1) and does not cease to be a valid deposit for the reason mentioned in sub-section (2), the deposit shall constitute payment of rent to the landlord, as if the amount deposited..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Fixing of Fair Rate
State : Central
Year : 1958
(1) Where the Controller, on a written complaint or otherwise, has reason to believe that the charges made for board or lodging or any other service provided in any hotel or lodging houses are excessive, he may fix a fair rate to be charged for board, lodging or other services provided in the hotel or lodging house and in fixing such fair rate, specified separately the rate for lodging, board or other services. (2) In determining the fair rate under sub-section (1), the Controller shall have regard to the circumstances of the case and to the prevailing rate of charges for the same or similar accommodation; board and service, during the twelve months immediately preceding the 1st day of June, 1951, and to any general increase in the cost of living after that date. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Appointment of Controllers and Additional Controllers
State : Central
Year : 1958
(1) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint as many Controllers as it thinks fit, and define the local limits within which, or the hotels and lodging houses in respect of which, each Controller shall exercise the powers conferred, and perform the duties imposed, on Controllers by or under this Act. (2) The Central Government may also, by notification in the Official Gazelle, appoint as many additional Controllers as it thinks fit and an additional Controller shall perform such of the functions of the Controller as may, subject to the control of the Central Government, be assigned to him in writing by the Controller and in the discharge of these functions, an additional Controller shall have and shall exercise the same powers and discharge the same..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Power of High Court to Transfer Appeals, Etc.
State : Central
Year : 1958
The High Court may also, on an application made to it or otherwise, by order, transfer-- (a) any appeal or proceeding pending before the Tribunal to any Additional Tribunal; or (b) any appeal or proceeding pending before any Additional Tribunal to the Tribunal or in any other Additional Tribunal.] View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Controller to Exercise Powers of a Magistrate for Recovery of Fine
State : Central
Year : 1958
Any fine imposed by a Controller under this Act shall be paid by the person fined within such lime as may be allowed by the Controller and the Controller may, for good and sufficient reason, extend the time, and in default of such payment, the amount shall be recoverable as a fine under the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898, and the Controller shall be deemed to be a magistrate under the said Code for the purposes of such recovery. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Unlawful Changes Not to Be Claimed or Received
State : Central
Year : 1958
(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, no person shall claim or receive any rent in excess of the standard rent, notwithstanding any agreement to the contrary. (2) No person shall, in consideration of the grant, renewal or continuance of a tenancy or sub-tenancy of any premises, -- (a) claim or receive the payment of any sum as premium or pugree or claim or receive any consideration whatsoever, in cash or in kind, in addition to the rent; or (b) except with the previous permission of the Controller, claim or receive the payment of any sum exceeding one month's rent of such premises as rent in advance. (3) It shall not be lawful for the tenant or any other person acting or purporting to act on behalf of the tenant or a sub-tenant to claim or receive any payment in..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Limitation of Liability of Middlemen
State : Central
Year : 1958
No collector of rent or middleman shall be liable to pay to his principal, in respect of any premises, any sum by way of rental charges which exceeds, the amount which he is entitled under this Act to realise from the tenant or tenants of the premises. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section