(1) Every landowner shall give or cause to be Receipt fox given a receipt for the rent received by him or on his ’ behalf in such form and manner as may be prescribed.
Ezxplanation.—A receipt shall be deemed to have been given within the meaning of this subsection, if it is handed over to the prescribed authority within seven days of receipt of rent by the landowner or by any person on his behalf.
(2) If any landowner makes default in complying with the provisions of sub-section (1), the prescribed authority may, by order in writing, direct him to pay a penalty not exceeding three times the amount of land od revenue payable in respect of the land relating to which.
the default is made.
12. Notwithstanding anything in any agreement, Prohibition usage, or law for the time being in force, it shall not be ey Te lawful for any landowner— excessive rent.
(a) to recover from a tenant rent in excess of the amount ‘specified in section 9 or section 10, as the case may be, or 130 TENANCY AND AGRICULTURAL [1955 : Pepsu Act 13 LANDS
(b) to demand from a tenaht any cess, rate or tax or service or payment of any description or denomination whatsoever, in addition to the rent lawfully recoverable under this Act.
Liabilit refund amoung 13. If the prescribed authority, after making such unlawfully re- enquiry as it may deem fit, is satisfied that a landowner ) has recovered any rent, cess, rate or {ax or received any ‘service from any tenant in contravention of the provisions of section 12, the prescribed authority may direct the landowner—
(a) to pay the Government as penalty a sum not exceeding ten times the excess amount recovered; and
(b) to refund to the tenant the excess amount recovered from him; or (¢) where the landowner has received any service from any tenant to pay to the tenant such sum by way of compensation as the prescribed authority may think fit, Bar on eviction 14. - (1) If in any Abadi Deh or Gorah Deh a tenant house. is in occupation of a dwelling-house built on a site belonging to the landowner, the tenant shall not be ejected from such dwelling-house or the land immediately appurtenant thereto and necessary for his enjoyment unless—
(a) the landowner proves that the dwelling-house was not built at the expense of the tenant; and
(b) such tenant makes default for a period exceeding one year in the payment of rent, if any, which he has been paying for the use and occupation of such house:
Provided that in the case of a tenant under an allottee, this sub-section shall have effect ag if for the word ‘and’ in sub-clause (a) the word ‘or’ were substituted.
(2) The provisions of this section and the next succeeding section shall not apply to a dwelling-house which is » 1955 : Pepsu Act 13] TENANCY AND AGRICULTURAL 131 LANDS situated on any land used for the purpose of agriculture in respect of which the tenancy has been terminated under the provisions of this Act.
Explanation.—In this section and the next succeeding section, the expression ‘landowner’ in relation to evacuee land means the Custodian of Evacuec Property within the meaning of the Administration of Evacuee Property Act, 1950 (XXXT of 1950).