(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 accommodation,-
(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 Rent Controlling Authority, claim or receive the payment of any sum exceeding one month's rent of such accommodation 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 consideration of the relinquishment, transfer or assignment of his tenancy or sub-tenancy, as the case may be, of any accommodation.
(4) Nothing in this Section shall apply to any payment made under an agreement by any person to a landlord for the purpose of financing the construction of the whole or part of any accommodation on the land belonging to, or taking on lease, by the landlord, if one of the conditions of the agreement is that the landlord is to let to that person the whole or part of the accommodation when completed for the use of that person or any member of his family :
Provided that such payment shall not exceed the amount of agreed rent for a period of five years of the whole or part of the accommodation to be let to such person.
(5) Any payment made under sub-section (4) shall be deemed to be the payment of rent in advance for such period from the commencement of the tenancy to which it is relatable.