(1) Nothing contained in this Regulation shall apply to any,—
(a) premises owned or promoted by the Central Government or the Administration or local authority or a government undertaking or enterprise or a statutory body;
(b) premises owned by a company, the University or organisation given on rent to its employees as part of service contract;
(c) premises owned by religious or charitable institutions as may be specified, by notification by the Administrator;
(d) premises owned by waqf registered under the provisions of the Waqf Act, 1995 or by any trust registered under any other law, relating to public trust, for the time being in force in the Union territory of Lakshadweep for the time being in force; and
(e) other building or category of buildings specifically exempted in public interest by notification by the Administrator.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), if the owner and the tenant of the premises referred to in clauses (a) to (e) of the said sub-section agrees that the tenancy agreement entered into between such landlord and tenant be regulated under the provisions of this Regulation, such landlord may inform the Rent Authority about the agreement to do so at the time of information of the tenancy agreement under section 4.
CHAPTER II TENANCY