Section 9: Fine, premium, Pagri or Mithai not to be charged for grant, renewal or continuance

9. Fine, premium, Pagri or Mithai not to be charged for grant, renewal or continuance of tenancy.___ (1) No landlord, tenant, occupant, or any person acting on their behalf shall in consideration of the grant, renewal or continuance of a tenancy of any premises require the payment of any fine, premium, Pagri or Mithai or any other like sum in addition to the rent. (2) Where any such payment has been made, the amount shall be recoverable by the tenant by whom it was made from the landlord, tenant, occupant or any person acting on their behalf and may, without prejudice to any other method of recovery, be deducted from any rent payable by him to the landlord, tenant, occupant or any person acting on their behalf. (3) Nothing in this section shall apply to any payment made under any agreement entered into____ (a) in the case of residential premises, before the first day of December, 1941; (b) in the case of premises other than residential premises, ,before the first day of December, 1942. (4) Any landlord, tenant, occupant or any person acting on their behalf who receives directly or through an agent any fine, premium, Pagri or Mithai or other like sum in addition to rent in contravention of sub-section (1) shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months or with fine or with both.

Effective date: 1953-01-01

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