Chhattisgarh Rent Control Act, 2011
No: 19 Dated: Nov, 06 2012
CHHATTISGARH RENT CONTROL ACT, 2011
An Act to provide for adjudication of matters relating to rent by a Tribunal and to promote leasing of accommodation by balancing the interests of landlords and tenants.
Be it enacted by the Chhattisgarh Legislature in the Sixty-second Year of the Republic of India, as follows :-
1. Short title, extent and commencement. - (1) This Act may be called the Chhattisgarh Rent Control Act, 2011.
(2) It shall extent in first instance to such of the Municipal areas which are comprising the District Headquarters in the State and later on to such of the other Municipal areas or any areas within the State as the State Government may, by Notification in the Official Gazette, specify from time to time.
(3) It shall come into force from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.
2. Definitions. - In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(1) "Accommodation" means any building or part of a building, whether residential or non-residential, leased out by the landlord to the tenant and includes open space, staircase, grounds, garden, garage and all facilities and amenities forming part of the agreement between them of any land which is not being used for agricultural purposes;
(2) "Agreement" means the written agreement executed by the landlord and the tenant as required under this Act;
(3) "District" means the district as construed in Chhattisgarh Land Revenue Code, 1959;
(4) "Habitual Defaulter" means a tenant who fails in a period of 12 months on three or more occasions to pay in full the rent and all dues to the landlord on the due date in accordance with the agreement;
(5) "Landlord" means a person who for the time being is receiving or is entitled to receive, the rent of any accommodation, 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 to be entitled to receive the rent, if the accommodations were let to a tenant;
(6) "Municipal area" means the Municipal area or Nagar Panchayat area as defined under Chhattisgarh Municipal Corporation Act, 1956 (No. 23 of 1956) of Chhattisgarh Municipalities Act, 1961 (No. 37 of 1961), as the case may be;
(7) "Notification" refers to the relevant notification of the Government as published in the Official Gazette;
(8) "Old Act" means the Chhattisgarh Accommodation Control Act, 1961 (No. XLI of 1961) with all amending acts;
(9) "Rent" means the consideration payable by the tenant to the landlord against an accommodation;
(10) "Rent Controller" means the official so appointed under sub-section (1) of Section 7 of the Act;
(11) "Rent Control Tribunal" means the body constituted under Section 6 (1) of the Act;
(12) "Repealed Act" refers to Chhattisgarh Accommodation Control Act, 1961 (No. XLI of 1961) with all amending acts up to the date of selective repeal vide Section 10 (1) of this Act;
(13) "Social Nuisance" means a tenant who frequently uses the accommodation to commit any or all of the acts listed in Serial No. 10 of the Schedule 4;