(1) In either of the following cases, namely : —
(a) when any rent is payable jointly to two or more cosharer landlords and the thika tenant is unable to obtain a joint receipt from them for the rent and no person has been empowered to receive the rent on their behalf, Penalty for withholding receipts.
Deposit of rent on refusal of the landlord to accept.
Deposit of rent in certain other cases.
L Receipt granted by the Controller for V rent deposited to be a valid acquit.
tance.
Disposal of rent deposited under sect ion I 7 .
11111, 8 The Calcutta Thika Tenancy Act, 1949.
[West Ben. Act (Chapter III—Provisions as to rent of thika tenancies.— Sections 19, 20.)
(b) when a dispute has arisen as to the person who is entitled to receive the rent, the thika tenant may by an application in writing containing such particulars as may be prescribed deposit such rent with the Controller and may continue to deposit with the Controller any subsequent rent which becomes due from such tenant until the, thika tenant is able to obtain a joint receipt from the co-sharer landlords or a person has been empowered to receive the rent on their behalf, or until such dispute has been settled by the decision of a competent Court or by settlement between the parties, as the case may be.
(2) The deposit of rent referred to in sub-section (1) shall be made within the period within which it is payable under section 13.
19. If it appears to the Controller to whom application for deposit is made under section 17 or section 18 that the applicant is entitled to deposit the rent wider any of those sections, he shall receive the rent deposited and give a receipt for it under the seal of the Court and such receipt shall operate as an acquittance for the amount of the rent payable by the thika tenant and deposited as aforesaid, in the same manner and to the same extent as if the amount of the rent had been received— in cases referred to in clauses (a) and (b) of sub-section (1) of section 17, by the person specified in the application as the person to whose credit the deposit was to be entered;
in cases referred to in clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 18, by the co-sharers to whom the rent is due; and in cases referred to in clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 18, by the person entitled to the rent.