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Section 30: Fixation of fair rent suo motu by Court

The Kerala Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act 1965State Act of Kerala · Act 2 of 1965

(1) If during the course of a prosecution under this Act, it is disclosed that a landlord was receiving a rent in excess of the rent that may be fixed under section 5, the Court before which the complaint was filed shall, after the close of the proceedings before it, forward to the Rent Control Court the relevant extracts of the proceedings for the purpose of fixing the fair rent.

(2) The Rent Control Court, on receipt of such extracts of proceedings, shall issue notice to the concerned landlord and tenant and after giving them an

1. Inserted by Act 7 of 1966.

2. Inserted by Act 7 of 1966.

opportunity of being heard, fix the fair rent of the building and the fair rent so fixed shall be deemed to be fair rent as determined under section 5.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Kerala Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act 1965
Section30
Marginal noteFixation of fair rent suo motu by Court
JurisdictionState of Kerala
StatusIn force as published by the source

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