Maharashtra Rent Control Act, 1999

Contents

• Section 1 – Short title, extent and commencement
• Section 2 – Application
• Section 3 – Exemption
• Section 4 – Power of State Government to issue orders in respect of premises belonging to local authority, etc
• Section 5 – Cessation of exemption
• Section 6 – Provisions with regard to standard rent not to apply to certain premises (preview)
• Section 7 – Definitions (preview)
• Section 8 – Court may fix standard rent and permitted increase in certain cases (preview)
• Section 9 – No applications for standard rent in certain circumstances (preview)
• Section 10 – Rent in excess of standard rent illegal (preview)
• Section 11 – Increase in rent annually and on account of improvement, etc., special addition, etc., and special or heavy repairs (preview)
• Section 12 – Increase in rent on account of payment of rates, etc (preview)
• Section 13 – Certain increase in rent excepted (preview)
• Section 14 – Landlords’ duty to keep premises in good repair (preview)
• Section 15 – No ejectment ordinarily to be made if tenant pays or is ready and willing to pay standard rent and permitted increases (preview)
• Section 16 – When landlord may recover possession (preview)
• Section 17 – Recovery of possession for repairs and re-entry (preview)
• Section 18 – Recovery of possession for occupation etc., and re-entry (preview)
• Section 19 – Recovery of possession for demolishing building (preview)
• Section 20 – Tenants’ right to give notice to landlord of his intention to occupy tenement in new building (preview)
• Section 21 – Landlord to intimate to tenant date of completion and tenant’s right to occupy premises in new building (preview)
• Section 22 – Recovery of possession in case of tenancy created during service period (preview)
• Section 23 – Members of armed forces of the Union, scientists or their successor-in-interest entitled to recover possession of premises required for their occupation (preview)
• Section 24 – Landlord entitled to recover possession of premises given on licence on expiry (preview)
• Section 25 – Certain sub-tenants to become tenants on determination of tenancy (preview)
• Section 26 – In absence of contract tenant not to sub-let or transfer or to give on licence (preview)
• Section 27 – State Government or Government allottee to become tenant of premises requisitioned or continued under requisition (preview)
• Section 28 – Inspection of premises (preview)
• Section 29 – Landlord not to cut-off or withhold essential supply or service (preview)
• Section 30 – Conversion of residential into commercial premises prohibited (preview)
• Section 31 – Giving receipt for any amount received compulsory (preview)
• Section 32 – Recovery of rent according to British Calendar (preview)
• Section 33 – Jurisdiction of courts (preview)
• Section 34 – Appeal (preview)
• Section 35 – Saving of suit involving tittle (preview)
• Section 36 – Compensation in respect of proceedings which are not bona fide or are false, frivolous or vexatious (preview)
• Section 37 – Procedure of courts (preview)
• Section 38 – Time limit for disposal of suits, proceedings or appeals (preview)
• Section 39 – Provisions of this Chapter to have overriding effect (preview)
• Section 40 – Appointment of Competent Authority (preview)
• Section 41 – Definition of landlord for the purpose of Chapter VIII (preview)
• Section 42 – Special provision for making application to Competent Authority by landlord to evict tenant or licensee (preview)
• Section 43 – Special procedure for disposal of applications (preview)
• Section 44 – Order of Competent Authority to be non-appealable and revision by State Government (preview)
• Section 45 – Effect of refusal or failure to comply with order of eviction (preview)
• Section 46 – Pending Suits and proceedings in courts (preview)
• Section 47 – Bar of jurisdiction (preview)
• Section 48 – Section 18 to apply with modification (preview)
• Section 49 – Competent Authority to be deemed to be public servant (preview)
• Section 50 – All proceedings before Competent Authority to be judicial proceedings (preview)
• Section 51 – Competent Authority to be deemed to be civil court for certain purpose (preview)
• Section 52 – Protection of action taken under this Act (preview)
• Section 53 – Certain offences to be cognizable (preview)
• Section 54 – Offences by companies, etc (preview)
• Section 55 – Tenancy agreement to be compulsorily registered (preview)
• Section 56 – Right of tenant and landlord to receive lawful charges (preview)
• Section 57 – Power to make rules (preview)
• Section 58 – Repeal and saving (preview)
• Section 59 – Removal of doubt as regards proceedings under Chapter VII of the Presidency Small Causes Court Act, 1882 (preview)
• Section 60 – Removal of difficulty (preview)