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The Madras City Tenants Protection Act, 1921 Complete Act

State: Tamil Nadu

Year: 1921

.....force " Act does not give protection " (1974) 1 MLJ 380 ; (1933) 2 MLJ 5 Rights under T.N. Cultivating Tenants protection Act and Right under this Act " Both the Acts cannot be applied - Simultaneously " (1960) 2 MLJ 360; Act does not vest any jurisdiction in any court " 1926 Mad 1142; Applicability of the Act for leases of short duration " 1931 Mad 629; Act does not provide a ground for eviction for denial of title not a bar to seek eviction on that ground " 1992 (2) MLJ 185; 1. Short title and application " (1) This Act may be called the Madras City Tenants' Protection Act, 1921. Substituted by Tamil Nadu Act 11 of 1980 [ " (2) (a) It extends to, - (i) the City of Madras; (ii) the townships of Kodaukanal, Avadi, Kathiwakkam, Ambattur, Madhavaram, Bhavanisagar, Courtallam and Mettur. (b) The State Government may, by notification in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, extend this Act with effect from such date as may be specified in the notification to.- (i) any other municipal town; (ii) any other township; or (iii) any specified village within eight kilometers of the City of Madras, or of the townships referred to in sub-clause (ii) of clause (a), or of.....

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Delhi and Ajmer Rent Control Act, 1952 [Repealed] Section 13

Title: Protection of a Tenant Against Eviction

State: Central

Year: 1952

.....any, and on the failure of the tenant to deposit the arrears of rent within fifteen days of the date of the order or to deposit the rent at such rate for any month by the 15th of the next following month, the court shall order the defence against ejectment to be struck out and the tenant to be placed in the same position as if he had not defended the claim to ejectment; and the landlord may withdraw the amount of money in deposit without prejudice to his claim to any decree or order for recovery of possession of the premises. (6) For avoidance of doubts it is hereby declared that nothing in this section shall apply to any decree or order for recovery of possession of any premises passed before the commencement of this Act.

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Delhi and Ajmer Rent Control Act, 1952 [Repealed] Chapter III

Title: Control of Eviction of Tenants

State: Central

Year: 1952

.....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 the election in the decree or 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. (2) If the tenant delivers possession on or before the date specified in the decree or 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. (3) If, after the tenant has delivered possession on or before the date specified in the decree or order, the landlord fails to commence the work of repairs or building 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 the application of the tenant made within one year from the specified date, order the landlord to place the tenant in occupation of the premises or part.....

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Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958 [Repealed] Chapter III

Title: Control of Eviction of Tenants

State: Central

Year: 1958

.....within two months of the date on which a notice of demand for the arrears of rent has been served of him by the landlord in the manner provided in section 106 of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882 (4 of 1882); (b) that the tenant has, on or after the 9th day of June, 1952, sublet, assigned or otherwise parted with the possession of the whole or any part of the premises without obtaining the consent in writing of the landlord; (c) that the tenant has used the premises for a purpose other than that for which they were let-- (i) if the premises have been let on or after the 9th day of June, 1952, without obtaining the consent in writing of the landlord; or (ii) if the premises have been let before the said date without obtaining his consent; (d) that the premises were let for use as a residence and neither the tenant nor any member of his family has been residing therein for a period of six months immediately before the date of the filing of the application for the recovery of possession thereof; (e) that the premises let for residential purposes arc required bona fide by the landlord for occupation as a residence for himself or for any member of his family dependent.....

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The Assam (Temporarily Settled Areas) Tenancy Act, 1971 Complete Act

State: Assam

Year: 1971

THE ASSAM (TEMPORARILY SETTLED AREAS) TENANCY ACT, 1971 THE ASSAM (TEMPORARILY SETTLED AREAS) TENANCY ACT, 1971 [Act XXIII of 1971] [10th December, 1971] PREAMBLE An Act to regulate the relations of landlord and tenant in the temporarily settled areas of Assam. Whereas it is expedient to regulate to the rights and liabilities of agricultural tenants and their landlords in temporarily settled lands in the State of Assam; It is hereby enacted in the twenty-second year of the Republic of India as follows" ___________________________ Received the assent of the President on the 3rd December, 1971. Published in the Assam Gazette, Extraordinary, dated the 10th December, 1971. Section 1 - Short title, extent and commencement (1) This Act may be called the Assam (Temporarily Settled Areas) Tenancy Act, 1971. (2) It shall come into force at once (With effect from 10th December 1971). (3) It extends to" (a) the districts of Kamrup, Nowgong, Darrang, Sibsagar and Lakhimpur; (b) Silchar and Hailakandi Sub-divisions of the district of Cachar ; and (c) temporarily settled areas of Gossaingaon, Sidli and Bijni Circles of Kokrajhar Sub-division in the.....

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The Orissa Tenancy Act, 1913 Complete Act

State: Orissa

Year: 1913

.....Puri and Balasore in the State of Orissa, except any area or part of an area which is constituted as a Municipality under the Bengal Municipal Act, 1884 (Bengal Act III of 1884), and which is specified in this behalf by notification issued by the State Government. Section 2 - Repeal The enactments specified in Schedule I are hereby repealed in the area to which this Act extends. Section 3 - Definitions (1) In this Act, unless there is something repugnant in the subject or context (1) "agricultural year" means the year commencing on the first day of Baisakh of the Oriya year; Provided that the first agricultural year shall be deemed to commence on the first day of Baisakh following the date of the commencement of this Act; (2) "bazyaftidar" means a person holding lands the title to hold which upon special terms was declared invalid by the Cuttack Land Revenue Regulation, 1805 (XII of 1805), the Bengal Land Revenue Assessment (Resumed Lands) Regulation, 1819 (II of 1819) or the Bengal Revenue-free Lands Regulation, 1825 (XIV of 1825) and which have been assessed, in the course of a settlement of land-revenue, at a rent fixed for the term of that settlement; and.....

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West Bengal Nonagricultural Tenancy Act, 1949 Complete Act

State: West Bengal

Year: 1949

.....(8) all words and expressions used but not defined in this Act and used in 88. Words and figures subs, for the words and figures "the Bengal Tenancy Act, 1885," by W.B. Act 8 of 1974. [the West Bengal Land Reforms Act, 1955] or the Transfer of Property Act, 1882, have the same meanings as in those Acts. CHAPTER 2 Classes of non-agricultural tenants Section 3 Classes of non-agricultural tenants (1) There shall be, for the purposes of this Act, the following classes of non-agricultural tenants, namely: (a) tenants, and (b) under-tenants. (2) "Tenant" means a person who has acquired [a right to hold non-agricultural land directly under the State] for any of the purposes provided in this Act, and includes also the successors-in-interest of persons who have acquired such a right. (3) "Under-tenant" means a person, who has acquired a right to hold non-agricultural land for any of the purposes provided in this Act either immediately or mediately under a tenant and includes also the successors-in-interest of persons who have acquired such a right. Section 4 Purposes for which non-agricultural tenant may hold non- agricultural land .A non-agricultural tenant may hold.....

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Delhi Rent Act, 1995 Chapter IV

Title: Protection of Tenants Against Eviction

State: Central

Year: 1995

.....as the case may be, to indicate the dwelling house possession of which he intended to recover. Explanation.-- For the purposes of this sub-section, sections 24, 25 and 26, immediate possession shall mean possession recoverable on the expiry of sixty days from the date of order of eviction.(2) Where a landlord exercises the right of recovery conferred on him by sub-section (1) or section 22, 24, 25 or 26 and he had received,-- (a) any rent in advance from the tenant, he shall, within a period of ninety days from the dale of recovery of possession of the premises by him, refund to the tenant such amount as represents the rent payable for the unexpired portion of the contract, agreement or lease; (b) any other payment, he shall, within the period aforesaid, refund to the tenant a sum which shall bear the same proportion to the total amount so received, as the unexpired portion of the contract, agreement or lease bears to the total period of contract, agreement or lease: Provided that, if any default is made in making any refund as aforesaid, the landlord shall be liable to pay simple interest at the rate of fifteen per cent. per annum on the amount which he has.....

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Karnataka Land Reforms Act, 1961 Chapter III

Title: Conferment of Ownership on Tenants

State: Karnataka

Year: 1961

.....determine and shall not be enforceable against the State Government. ______________________________________ 1. Sections 44 and 45 substituted by Act 1 of 1974 w.e.f. 1.3.1974. 2. Omitted by Act 23 of 1977 w.e.f. 1.3.1974. Section 45 - Tenants to be registered as occupants of land on certain conditions (1) Subject to the provisions of the succeeding sections of this Chapter, every person who was a permanent tenant, protected tenant or other tenant or where a tenant has lawfully sublet, such sub-tenant shall, with effect on and from the date of vesting, be entitled to be registered as an occupant in respect of the lands of which he was a permanent tenant, protected tenant or other tenant or sub-tenant before the date of vesting and which he has been cultivating personally. (2) If a tenant or other person referred to in sub-section (1),-- (i) holds land partly as owner and partly as tenant but the area of the land held by him as owner is equal to or exceeds a ceiling area he shall not been entitled to be registered as an occupant of the land held by him as a tenant before the date of vesting; (ii) does not hold and cultivate personally any land as an owner, but holds.....

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Karnataka Rent Control Act, 2001 Section 27

Title: Protection of Tenants Against Eviction

State: Karnataka

Year: 2001

.....this clause, if the tenant, within such time as may be specified in this behalf by the Court, carries out repairs to the damage caused to the satisfaction of the Court or pays to the landlord such amount by way of compensation as the Court may direct; (m) that the tenant or any person residing or carrying on business with the tenant has been convicted of causing nuisance or annoyance to a person living in the neighbourhood of the premises or has been convicted of using or allowing the use of the premises for an immoral or illegal purpose; (n) that the tenant has, notwithstanding previous notice, used or dealt with the premises in a manner contrary to any condition imposed on the landlord by the Government or the Local Authority while giving him a lease of the land on which the premises are situate: Provided that no order for the recovery of possession of any premises shall be made on this ground if the tenant, within such time as may be specified in this behalf by the Court, complies with the condition imposed on the landlord by any of the authorities referred to in this clause or pays to the authority imposing such conditions the amount by way of compensation as the.....

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