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Section 4: Notification of Tenancy.

The Jammu and Kashmir (Residential and Commercial Tenancy) Act, 2012Union territory Act of Jammu and Kashmir · Act 5 of 2012

(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Act or any other law for the time being in force, any agreement for letting of any rental unit entered into between the landlord and the tenant(s), after the commencement of the Act, shall be in writing and that such tenancy agreement will be registered or notarized with the Notary Public and signed jointly by the landlord and tenant(s) in the manner prescribed :

Provided that two copies of the tenancy agreement shall be made in original, one each for the landlord and the tenant and the tenancy agreement shall be as given in Schedule I.

(2) In case of any changes in the terms of tenancy agreement, the same will be incorporated in a new tenancy agreement, which shall be registered or notarized as prescribed within thirty days of the changes having occurred.

(3) In case of joint tenants, the tenancy agreement may be entered into with all the tenants jointly or with each tenant separately. In case of joint tenancy agreement all tenants will sign the tenancy agreement and receive a copy of the same.

(4) In case of unregistered existing tenancies, the landlord and the tenant shall record terms of tenancy as subsisting on the date of commencement of the Act as per Schedule II and get this registered or notarized within six months of the commencement of the Act :

Provided that at the end of the period of twenty four months from the commencement of the Act, the landlord and the tenant will enter into a new tenancy agreement as per Schedule I and for all intent and purposes the tenancy will be construed as new tenancy at the end of twenty four months from the commencement of the Act.

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ActThe Jammu and Kashmir (Residential and Commercial Tenancy) Act, 2012
Section4
Marginal noteNotification of Tenancy.
JurisdictionUnion territory of Jammu and Kashmir
StatusIn force as published by the source

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