(1) This Act may be called the Punjab Rent Act, 1995.
(2) It extends to all urban areas of Punjab, but nothing herein contained shall be deemed to affect the regulation of house accommodation in any cantonment area.
(3) It shall be applicable to all the residential and non-residential buildings.
(4) It shall come into force1 on such date as the State Government may specify in this behalf in the Official Gazette.
1This Act has come into force w.e.f. 30.11.2013.
Short title, extent, application and commencement.
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CHAPTER-I PRELIMINARY
2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- 1[(a) "Appellate Authority" means the Appellate Authority appointed under sub-section (1) of section 50 of this Act;]
2[(b) ***];
(c) "Landlord" means a person who, for the time being is receiving or is entitled to receive the rent of any premises, whether on his own account or on account of or on behalf of, or for the benefit of any other person or as a trustee, guardian or receiver for any other person or who would so receive the rent or be entitled to receive the rent, if the premises were let to a tenant;
(d) "Lawful increase" means an increase in the rent permitted under the provisions of this Act;
3[(e) ***];
(f) "non-residential premises" means premises being used solely for the purpose of business or trade;
Provided that the residence in the premises only for the purpose of guarding it shall not be deemed to convert a "non-residential premises" to a "residential premises";
(g) "Premises" means any building or part of a building which is or is intended to be let separately, for use a 1Substituted by Punjab Act No. 23 of 2014, Section 2 2Omitted by Punjab Act No. 23 of 2014, Section 2 3Omitted by Punjab Act No. 23 of 2014, Section 2 Definitions.
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(i) the garden ground and out-houses, if any, appertaining to such building or part of building but does not include the upper side of roof (Terrace);
(ii) any fittings to such building or part of the building for the more beneficial enjoyment thereof;
(h) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(i) "Rent Authority" means an authority appointed under sub-section (1) of Section 36 and includes an additional Rent Authority appointed under subsection (2) of that section;
(j) "residential premises" means any building which is not non- residential premises;
1[(k) ***];
(l) "SCF" means a Shop-cum-Flat but the shop and flat will be treated as two separate premises i.e. shop as Non-residential or commercial building and flat as residential building. In case of composite rent agreement the rent for residential premises will be treated equal to one-third of total rent;
(m) "tenant" means any person by whom or on whose account or behalf the rent of any premises is or, but for special contract, would be payable, and include, -
(i) a sub-tenant;
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(ii) any person continuing in possession after the termination of his tenancy, but does not include- (I) any person against whom an order or decree for eviction has been made, except where such decree or order for eviction is liable to be re- opened;
(II) any person to whom a licence as defined in section 52 of the Indian Easements Act, 1882, has been granted;
1[(n) ***];
(o) "urban area" means any area administered by a Municipal Corporation, Municipal Council, Nagar Panchayat, or a Cantonment Board or any area declared by the State Government, by notification in the Official Gazette, to be urban for the purposes of this Act.