(1)Existing tenant or a person entering the State for the first time with intention to rent a house or unit and reside in Meghalaya for employment or education or business or other purposes required to furnish documents under Section 3 read with Section 9 of the Act shall submit the following documents to the Landlord to enable the Landlord to submit to the Local Authority and the local Police Station having jurisdiction over the area where the rented house or rented unit is located,-
(a) Self-declaration affidavit in Form A with two references of respectable persons as specified in Section 9(1)(a) of the Act;
(b) Particulars as required in Form B as per Section 9(2) of the Act;
(c) Copy of any one of the following documents i.e. Passport or Electoral Photo Identity Card or Driving licence or Ration Card or any valid identity card;
(d) if a student, a certificate from the concerned educational institution and student photo identity card issued by the school or college or university or educational institution where he or she is studying;
(e) two copies of recent passport size photograph of himself and each individual family member who are or will be residing with him; and
(f) two copies of recent passport size photograph of domestic help or other workers who are or will be residing with him:
Provided that this shall not apply to a person entering the State solely as a tourist.
(2) A tenant residing in the State who intends to rent a house or unit in another place or locality in the State shall, in addition to the documents specified in subrule (1) above, furnish to the landlord a residential certificate from the Local Authority of the place of his earlier residence as required in Section 9(1)(a) of the Act.