(1) During the proceedings for recovery of possession under section 20, a tenant shall ensure timely payment of rent and other charges at the rate at which these were being paid immediately before the commencement of the proceeding.
Payment of rent during eviction proceedings.
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(2) If,any proceeding for recovery of possession, there is any dispute as to the amount of rent payable by the tenant, the Rent Authority shall, within fifteen days of the date of the first hearing of the proceeding, fix an interim rent and other charges in relation to the premises to be paid or deposited within one month of the date on which the interim rent is fixed for such further time as the Rent Authority may allow in this behalf.
(3) If, in any proceeding for recovery of possession there is any dispute as to the person or persons to whom the rent is payable the Rent Authority may direct the tenant to deposit with the Rent Authority the amount payable by him under sub-section (2) as the case may be, and in such a case, no person shall be entitled to withdraw the amount in deposit until the Rent Authority decides the dispute and makes an order for payment of the same.
(4) If the Rent Authority is satisfied that any dispute referred to in sub- section (3) has been raised by a tenant for reasons which are false or frivolous, the Rent Authority may order the defence against eviction to be struck out and proceed with the hearing of the application.
(5) If a tenant fails to make payment or deposit as required by this section, the Rent Authority may order the defence against eviction to be struck out and proceed with the hearing of the application.
1[26. Without the previous consent, in writing, of the landlord, no tenant shall, -
(a) sub-let the whole or any part of the premises held as a tenant; or 1 Substituted by Punjab Act No. 33 of 2013, Section 12 Restrictions on subletting.
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(b) transfer of assign his right in the tenancy or any part thereof.]
27. Where after the commencement of this Act, any premises are sublet either in whole or in part by the tenant with the prior consent in writing of the landlord the tenant or the sub-tenant to whom the premises are sublet may, in prescribed manner, give notice to the landlord of the creation of the sub-tenancy within one month of the date of such sub-letting and also notify the termination of such sub-tenancy in the Form specified in Schedule X to this Act.
28. Where an order for eviction in respect of any premises is made under section 20 against a tenant but not against a sub-tenant referred to in section 27 and a notice of the sub-tenancy has been given to the landlord, the sub-tenant shall, with effect from the date of the order, be deemed to have become a tenant holding the premises in his occupation directly under the landlord on the same terms and conditions on which the tenant would have held from the landlord, if the tenancy had continued.