The Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958

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    "slug": "delhi-rent-control-act-1958",
    "title": "The Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958",
    "short_title": "The Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958",
    "act_number": "Delhi Act 59 of 1958",
    "act_year": 1958,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Delhi",
    "law_status": "unknown",
    "enactment_date": "2026-12-31",
    "description": "The Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958",
    "preamble": "",
    "section_label": "Section",
    "sections": [
        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "CHAPTER I",
            "chapter": "CHAPTER I",
            "content": "Preliminary",
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        },
        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Short title, extent and commencement.",
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        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. Definitions.",
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            "content": "(i) \"basic rent\", in relation to premises let out before the 2nd day of June, 1944, means the basic rent of such premises as determined in accordance with the provisions of the Second Schedule;\n(b) \"Controller\" means a Controller appointed under sub-section (1) of section 35 and includes an additional Controller appointed under sub-section (2) of that section;\n(c) \"fair rate\" means the fair rate fixed under section 31 and includes the rate as revised under section 32;\n(d) \"hotel or lodging house\" means a building or part of a building where lodging with or without board or other services is provided for a monetary consideration;\n(e) \"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;\n(f) \"lawful increase\" means an increase in rent permitted under the provisions of this Act;\n(g) \"manager of a hotel\" includes any person in charge of the management of the hotel;\n(h) \"owner of a lodging house\" means a person who receives or is entitled to receive whether on this own account or on behalf of himself and others or as an agent or a trustee for any other person, any monetary consideration from any person on account of board, lodging or other services provided in the lodging house;\n(i) \"premises\" means any building or part of a building which is, or is intended to be, let separately for use as a residence or for commercial use or for any other purpose, and includes, -\n(i) the garden, grounds and outhouses, if any, appertaining to such building or part of the building;\n(ii) any furniture supplied by the landlord for use in such building or part of the building but does not include a room in a hotel or lodging house;\n(j) \"prescribed\" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;\n(k) \"standard rent\", in relation to any premises, means the standard rent referred to in section 6 or where the standard rent has been increased under section 7, such increased,rent;\n(i) a sub-tenant;\n(ii) any person continuing in possession after the termination of his tenancy; and\n(iii) in the event of the death of the person continuing in possession after the termination of his tenancy, subject to the order of succession and conditions specified, respectively, in Explanation I and Explanation II to this clause, such of the aforesaid person's --\n(a) spouse,\n(b) son or daughter, or, where there are both son and daughter, both of them,\n(c) parents,\n(d) daughter-in-law, being the widow of his pre-deceased son, as had been ordinarily living in the premises with such person as a member or members of his family up to the date of his death, but does not include,\n(a) firstly, his surviving spouse;\n(b) secondly, his son or daughter, or both, if there is no surviving spouse, or if the surviving spouse did not ordinarily live with the deceased person as a member of his family up to the date of his death;\n(c) thirdly, his parents, if there is no surviving spouse, son or daughter of the deceased person, or if such surviving spouse, son or daughter or any of them, did not ordinarily live in the premises as a member of the family of the deceased person up to the date of his death; and\n(d) fourthly, his daughter-in-law, being the widow of his pre- deceased son, if there is no surviving spouse, son, daughter or parents of the deceased person, or if such surviving spouse, son, daughter or parents, or any of them, did not ordinarily live in the premises as a member of the family of the deceased person up to the date of his death.\n(a) where, by reason of Explanation II, the right of any successor to continue in possession after the termination of the tenancy becomes extinguished, such extinguishment shall not affect the right of any other successor of the same category to continue in possession after the termination of the tenancy; but if there is no other successor of the same category, the right to continue in possession after the termination of the tenancy shall not, on such extinguishment, pass on to any other successor, specified in any lower category or categories, as the case may be;\n(b) the right of every successor, referred to in Explanation I, to continue in possession after the termination of the tenancy, shall be personal to him and shall not, on the death of such successor, devolve on any of his heirs;]\n(m) \"urban area\" has the same meaning as in the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957 (66 of 1957).",
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        },
        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Act not to apply to certain premises.",
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            "content": "(a) to any premises belonging to the Government; [***]\n[(c) to any premises, whether residential or not, whose monthly rent exceeds three thousand and five hundred rupees; or\n(d) to any premises constructed on or after the commencement of the Delhi Rent Control (Amendment) Act, 1988, for a period of ten years from the date of completion of such construction.]",
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        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "CHAPTER II",
            "chapter": "CHAPTER II",
            "content": "Provisions Regarding Rent",
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        {
            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Rent in excess of standard rent not recoverable.",
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            "content": "",
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        },
        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Unlawful changes not to be claimed or received.",
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            "content": "(a) claim or receive the payment of any sum as premium or pugree or claim or receive any consideration whatsoever, in cash or in kind, in addition to the rent; or '\n(b) except with the previous permission of the Controller, claim or receive the payment of any sum exceeding one month's rent of such premises as rent in advance.\n(a) to any payment made in pursuance of an agreement entered into before the 1st day of January, 1939; or\n(b) to any payment made under an agreement by any person to a landlord for the purpose of financing the construction of the whole or part of any premises on the land belonging to, or taken on lease by, the landlord, if one of the conditions of the agreement is that the landlord is to let to that person the whole or part of the premises when completed for the use of that person or any member of his family:",
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        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Standard rent.",
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            "content": "(a) if the basic rent of such premises per annum does not exceed six hundred rupees, the basic rent; or\n(b) if the basic rent of such premises per annum exceeds six hundred rupees, the basic rent together with ten per cent. of such basic rent;\n(a) in any case where the rent of such premises has been fixed under the Delhi and Ajmer-Merwara Rent Control Act, 1947 (19 of 1947), or the Delhi and Ajmer Rent Control Act, 1952 (38 of 1952),\n(i) if such rent per annum does not exceed twelve hundred rupees, the rent so fixed; or\n(ii) if such rent per annum exceeds twelve hundred rupees, the rent so fixed together with ten per cent. of such rent;\n(b) in any other case, the rent calculated on the basis of [ten percent.] per annum of the aggregate amount of the [actual] cost of construction and the market price of the land comprised in the premises on the date of the commencement of the construction:\n(a) in any case where the rent of such premises has been fixed under the Delhi and Ajmer-Merwara Rent Control Act, 1947 (19 of 1947) or the Delhi and Ajmer Rent Control Act, 1952 (38 of 1952),\n(i) if such rent per annum does not exceed twelve hundred rupees, the rent so fixed; or\n(ii) if such rent per annum exceeds twelve hundred rupees, the rent so fixed together with fifteen per cent. of such rent;\n(b) in any other case, the rent calculated on the basis of [ten percent.] per annum of the aggregate amount of the [actual] cost of construction and the market price of the land comprised in the premises on the date of the commencement of the construction:\n(a) in the case of any premises, whether residential or not, constructed on or after the 2nd day of June, 1951, but before the 9th day of June, 1955, the annual rent calculated with reference to the rent at which the premises were let for the month of March, 1958, or if they were not so let, with reference to the rent at which they were last let out, shall be deemed to be the standard rent for a period of seven years from the date of the completion of the construction of such premises; [***]\n(b) in the case of any premises, whether residential or not, constructed on or after the 9th day of June, 1955, including premises constructed after the commencement of this Act '[but before the commencement of the Delhi Rent Control (Amendment) Act, 1988], the annual rent calculated with reference to the rent agreed upon between the landlord and the tenant when such premises were first let out shall be deemed to be the standard rent for a period of five years from the date of such letting out.\n[(c) in the case of any premises, whether residential or not, constructed on or after the commencement of the Delhi Rent Control (Amendment) Act, 1988 and to which the provisions of this Act are made applicable by virtue of clause (d) of section 3, the rent calculated on the basis of ten per cent. per annum of the aggregate amount of the actual cost of construction of the premises and the market price of the land comprised in the premises on the date of commencement of the construction, of the premises shall be deemed to be the standard rent.]\n[6A. Revision of rent.",
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        {
            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Lawful increase of standard rent in certain cases and recovery of other charges.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 8
        },
        {
            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Notice of increase of rent.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 9
        },
        {
            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Controller to fix standard rent, etc.",
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            "content": "(i) the standard rent referred to in section 6; or\n(ii) the increase, if any, referred to in section 7.",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 10
        },
        {
            "number": "10",
            "title": "10. Fixation of interim rent.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 11
        },
        {
            "number": "11",
            "title": "11. Limitation of liability of middlemen.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 12
        },
        {
            "number": "12",
            "title": "12. Limitation for application for fixation of standard rent.",
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            "content": "(a) in the case of any premises which were let, or in which the cause of action for lawful increase of rent arose, before the commencement of this Act, within two years from such commencement;\n(b) in the case of any premises let after the commencement of this Act [but before the commencement of the Delhi Rent Control (Amendment) Act, 1988] , -\n(i) where the application is made by the landlord, within two years from the date on which the premises were let to the tenant against whom the application is made;\n(ii) where the application is made by the tenant, within two years from the date on which the premises were let to that tenant; [and]\n(c) in the case of any premises in which the cause of action of lawful increase of rent arises after the commencement of this Act, within two years from the date on which the cause of action arises;\n[(d) in the case of any premises referred to in clause (c) of sub-section (2) of section 6, within two years from the date of such application:]",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 13
        },
        {
            "number": "13",
            "title": "13. Refund of rent, premium, etc, not recoverable under the Act.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 14
        },
        {
            "number": "16",
            "title": "CHAPTER III",
            "chapter": "CHAPTER III",
            "content": "Control Of Eviction Of Tenants",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 15
        },
        {
            "number": "14",
            "title": "14. Protection of tenant against eviction.",
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            "content": "(a) that the tenant has neither paid nor tendered the whole of the arrears of the rent legally recoverable from him within two months of the date on which a notice of demand for the arrears of rent has been served of him by the landlord in the manner provided in section 106 of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882 (4 of 1882);\n(b) that the tenant has, on or after the 9th day of June, 1952, sub-let, assigned or otherwise parted with the possession of the whole or any part of the premises without obtaining the consent in writing of the landlord;\n(c) that the tenant has used the premises for a purpose other than that for which they were let -\n(i) if the premises have been let on or after the 9th day of June, 1952, without obtaining the consent in writing of the landlord; or\n(ii) if the premises have been let before the said date without obtaining his consent;\n(d) that the premises were let for use as a residence and neither the tenant nor any member of his family has been residing therein for a period of six months immediately before the date of the filing of the application for the recovery of possession thereof;\n[*] (e) that the premises let for residential purposes are required bona fide by the landlord for occupation as a residence for himself or for any member of his family dependent on him, if he is the owner thereof, or for any person for whose benefit the premises are held and that the landlord or such person has no other reasonably suitable residential accommodation.\n(f) that the premises have become unsafe or unfit for human habitation and are required bona fide by the landlord for carrying out repairs which cannot be carried out without the premises being vacated;\n(g) that the premises are required bona fide by the landlord for the purpose of building or re-building or making thereto any substantial additions or alterations and that such building or re-building or addition or alteration cannot be carried out without the premises being vacated;\n(h) that the tenant has, whether before or after the commencement of this Act, [***] , acquired vacant possession of, or been allotted, a residence;\n[(hh) that the tenant has, after the commencement of the Delhi Rent Control (Amendment) Act, 1988, built a residence and ten years have elapsed thereafter;]\n(i) that the premises were let to the tenant for use as a residence by reason of his being in the service or employment of the landlord, and that the tenant has ceased, whether before or after the commencement of this Act, to be in such service or employment;\n(j) that the tenant has, whether before or after the commencement of this Act, caused or permitted to be caused substantial damage to the premises;\n(k) that the tenant has, notwithstanding previous notice, used or dealt with the premises in a manner contrary to any condition imposed on the landlord by the Government or the Delhi Development Authority or the Municipal Corporation of Delhi while giving him a lease of the land on which the premises are situate;\n[14A. Right to recover immediate possession of premises to accrue to certain persons.\n(a) any rent in advance from the tenant, he shall, within a period of ninety days from the date of recovery of possession of the premises by him, refund to the tenant such amount as represents the rent payable for the unexpired portion of the contract, agreement or lease;\n(b) any other payment, he shall, within the period aforesaid, refund to the tenant a sum which shall bear the same proportion to the total amount so received, as the unexpired portion of the contract or agreement, or lease bears to the total period of contract or agreement or lease:\n[14B. Right to recover immediate possession of premises to accrue to members of the armed forces, etc.\n(a) is a released or retired person from any armed forces and the premises let out by him are required for his own residence; or\n(b) is a dependent of a member of any armed forces who had been killed in action and the premises let out by such member are required for the residence of the family of such member, such person or, as the case may be, the dependent may, within one year from the date of his release or retirement from such armed forces or, as the case may be, the date of death of such member, or within a period of one year from the date of commencement of the Delhi Rent Control (Amendment) Act, 1988, whichever is later, apply to the Controller for recovering the immediate possession of such premises.\n[14C. Right to recover immediate possession of premises to accrue to Central Government and Delhi Administration employees.\n[14D. Right to recover immediate possession of premises to accrue to a widow.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "15",
            "title": "15. When a tenant can get the benefit of protection against eviction.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 17
        },
        {
            "number": "16",
            "title": "16. Restrictions on sub-letting.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) sub-let the whole or any part of the premises held by him as a tenant; or\n(b) transfer or assign his rights in the tenancy or in any part thereof.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 18
        },
        {
            "number": "17",
            "title": "17. Notice of creation and termination of sub-tenancy.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 19
        },
        {
            "number": "18",
            "title": "18. Sub-tenant to be tenant in certain cases.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 20
        },
        {
            "number": "19",
            "title": "19. Recovery of possession for occupation and re-entry.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 21
        },
        {
            "number": "20",
            "title": "20. Recovery of possession for repairs and re-buliding and re-entry.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 22
        },
        {
            "number": "21",
            "title": "21. Recovery of possession in case of tenancies for limited period.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 23
        },
        {
            "number": "22",
            "title": "22. Special provision for recovery of possession in certain cases.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) that the tenant to whom such premises were let for use as a residence at a time when he was in the service or employment of the landlord, has ceased to be in such service or employment; or\n(b) that the tenant has acted in contravention of the terms, express or implied, under which he was authorised to occupy such premises; or\n(c) that any other person is in unauthorised occupation of such premises; or\n(d) that the premises are required bona fide by the public institution for the furtherance of its activities.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 24
        },
        {
            "number": "23",
            "title": "23. Permission to construct additional structures.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 25
        },
        {
            "number": "24",
            "title": "24. Special provision regarding vacant building sites.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) direct such severance;\n(b) place the landlord in possession of the vacant land;\n(c) determine the rent payable by the tenant in respect of the rest of the premises; and\n(d) make such other order as he thinks fit in the circumstances of the case.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 26
        },
        {
            "number": "25",
            "title": "25. Vacant possession to landlord.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "[CHAPTER III A]\nSummary Trial Of Certain Applications",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 27
        },
        {
            "number": "25A",
            "title": "25A. Provisions of this Chapter to have overriding effect.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 28
        },
        {
            "number": "25B",
            "title": "25B. Special procedure for the disposal of applications for eviction on the ground of bona fide requirement.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(b) When an acknowledgement purporting to be signed by the tenant or his agent is received by the Controller or the registered article containing the summons is received back with an endorsement purporting to have been made by a postal employee to the effect that the tenant or his agent had refused to take delivery of the registered article, the Controller may declare that there has been a valid service of summons.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 29
        },
        {
            "number": "25C",
            "title": "25C. Act to have effect in a modified form in relation to certain persons.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 30
        },
        {
            "number": "32",
            "title": "CHAPTER IV",
            "chapter": "CHAPTER IV",
            "content": "Deposit Of Rent",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 31
        },
        {
            "number": "26",
            "title": "26. Receipt to be given for rent paid.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 32
        },
        {
            "number": "27",
            "title": "27. Deposit of rent by the tenant.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) the premises for which the rent is deposited with a description sufficient for identifying the premises;\n(b) the period for which the rent is deposited;\n(c) the name and address of the landlord or the person or persons claiming to be entitled to such rent;\n(d) the reasons and circumstances for which the application for depositing the rent is made;\n(e) such other particulars as may be prescribed.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 33
        },
        {
            "number": "28",
            "title": "28. Time limit of making deposit and consequences of incorrect particulars in application for deposit.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 34
        },
        {
            "number": "29",
            "title": "29. Saving as to acceptance of rent and forfeiture of rent in deposit.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 35
        },
        {
            "number": "37",
            "title": "CHAPTER V",
            "chapter": "CHAPTER V",
            "content": "Hotels And Lodging Houses",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 36
        },
        {
            "number": "30",
            "title": "30. Application of the Chapter.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 37
        },
        {
            "number": "31",
            "title": "31. Fixing of fair rate.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 38
        },
        {
            "number": "32",
            "title": "32. Revision of fair rate.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 39
        },
        {
            "number": "33",
            "title": "33. Charges in excess of fair rate not recoverable.",
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            "content": "(a) the manager of the hotel or the owner of the lodging house, as the case may be, shall not charge any amount in excess of the fair rate and shall not, except with the previous written permission of the Controller, withdraw from the lodger any concession or service allowed at the time when the Controller determined the fair rate;\n(b) any agreement for the payment of any charges in excess of such fair rate shall be void in respect of such excess and shall be construed as if it were an agreement for payment of the said fair rate;\n(c) any sum paid by a lodger in excess of the fair rate shall be recoverable by him at any time within a period of six months from the date of the payment from the manager of the hotel or the owner of the lodging house or his legal representatives and may, without prejudice to any other mode of recovery, be deducted by such lodger from any amount payable by him to such manager or owner.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 40
        },
        {
            "number": "34",
            "title": "34. Recovery of possession by manager of a hotel or the owner of a lodging house.",
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            "content": "(a) that the lodger has been guilty of conduct which is a nuisance or which causes annoyance to any adjoining or neighboring ledger.\n(b) that the accommodation is reasonably and bona fide required by the owner of the hotel or lodging house, as the case may be, either for his own occupation or for the occupation of any person for whose benefit the accommodation is held, or any other cause which may be deemed satisfactory to the Controller;\n(c) that the lodger has failed to vacate the accommodation on the termination of the period of the agreement in respect thereof;\n(d) that the lodger has done any act which is inconsistent with the purpose for which the accommodation was given to him or which is likely to affect adversely or substantially the owner's interest therein;\n(e) that the lodger has failed to pay the rent due from him.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 41
        },
        {
            "number": "43",
            "title": "CHAPTER VI",
            "chapter": "CHAPTER VI",
            "content": "Appointment Of Controllers And Their Powers And Functions And Appeals",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 42
        },
        {
            "number": "35",
            "title": "35. Appointment of Controllers and Additional Controllers.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 43
        },
        {
            "number": "36",
            "title": "36. Powers of Controller.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) transfer any proceeding pending before him for disposal to any additional Controller, or\n(b) withdraw any proceeding pending before any additional Controller and dispose it of himself or transfer the proceeding for disposal to any other additional Controller.\n(a) summoning and enforcing the attendance of any person and examining him on oath;\n(b) requiring the discovery and production of documents;\n(c) issuing commissions for the examination of witnesses;\n(d) any other matter which may be prescribed, and any proceeding before the Controller shall be deemed to be a judicial proceeding within the meaning of section 193 and section 228 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860), and the Controller shall be deemed to be a civil court within the meaning of section 480 and section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (5 of 1898).\n(a) after giving not less than twenty-four hours' notice in writing, enter and inspect or authorise any officer subordinate to him to enter and inspect any premises at any time between sunrise and sunset; or\n(b) by written order, require any person to produce for his inspection all such accounts, books or other documents relevant to the inquiry at such time and at such place as may be specified in the order.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 44
        },
        {
            "number": "37",
            "title": "37. Procedure to be followed by Controller.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 45
        },
        {
            "number": "38",
            "title": "38. Appeal to the Tribunal.",
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            "content": "[38A. Additional Rent Control Tribunals.\n(a) specify the appeals or classes of appeals under sub-section (1) of that section which may be preferred to and disposed of by each Additional Tribunal and the classes of cases in which each Additional Tribunal may exercise the powers of the Tribunal under sub-section (4) of that section;\n(b) transfer any appeal or proceeding pending before it for disposal to, any Additional Tribunal; or\n(c) withdraw any appeal or proceeding pending before any Additional Tribunal and dispose it of itself or transfer the appeal or proceeding for disposal to any other Additional Tribunal.\n[38B. Power of High Court to transfer appeals, etc.\n(a) any appeal or proceeding pending before the Tribunal to any Additional Tribunal; or\n(b) any appeal or proceeding pending before any Additional Tribunal to the Tribunal or in any other Additional Tribunal.]",
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            "number": "39",
            "title": "39. Second Appeal.",
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            "content": "",
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        {
            "number": "40",
            "title": "40. Amendment of orders.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        {
            "number": "41",
            "title": "41. Controller to exercise powers of a magistrate for recovery of fine.",
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            "content": "",
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            "number": "42",
            "title": "42. Controller to exercise powers of civil court for execution of other orders.",
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            "content": "",
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        },
        {
            "number": "43",
            "title": "43. Finality of order.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        {
            "number": "53",
            "title": "CHAPTER VII A",
            "chapter": "CHAPTER VII",
            "content": "Provisions Regarding Special Obligations Of Landlords And Penalties",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 52
        },
        {
            "number": "44",
            "title": "44. Landlord's duty to keep the premises in good repair.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "45",
            "title": "45. Cutting off or withholding essential supply or service.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) be paid to the landlord by the tenant, if the application under sub- section (2) was made frivolously or vexatiously;\n(b) be paid to the tenant by the landlord, if the landlord had cut off or withheld the supply or service without just and sufficient cause.",
            "footnote": "",
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            "sort_order": 54
        },
        {
            "number": "46",
            "title": "46. Landlord's duty to give notice of new construction to Government.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 55
        },
        {
            "number": "47",
            "title": "47. Leases of vacant premises to Government.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) the landlord shall, within seven days of the premises becoming vacant, give intimation thereof in writing to the [Director of Estates]\n(b) whether or not such intimation is given, the [Director of Estates] may serve on the landlord by post or otherwise a notice -\n(i) informing him that the premises are required by the Government for such period as may be specified in the notice; and\n(ii) requiring him, and every person claiming under him, to deliver possession of the premises forthwith to such officer or person as may be specified in the notice:",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "48",
            "title": "48. Penalties.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) in the case of a contravention of the provisions of sub-section (1) of section 5, with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months, or with fine which may extend to a sum which exceeds the unlawful charge claimed or received under that sub-section by one thousand rupees, or with both;\n(b) in the case of a contravention of the provisions of sub-section (2) or sub-section (3) of section 5, with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to a sum which exceeds the amount or value of unlawful charge claimed or received under the said sub-section (2) or sub-section (3), as the case may be, by five thousand rupees, or with both.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 57
        },
        {
            "number": "49",
            "title": "49. Cognizance of offences.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "60",
            "title": "CHAPTER VIII",
            "chapter": "CHAPTER VIII",
            "content": "Miscellaneous",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 59
        },
        {
            "number": "50",
            "title": "50. Jurisdiction of civil courts barred in respect of certain matters.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 60
        },
        {
            "number": "51",
            "title": "51. Controllers to be public servants.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "52",
            "title": "52. Protection of action taken in good faith.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 62
        },
        {
            "number": "53",
            "title": "53. Amendment of the Delhi Tenants Temporary Protection Act, 1956.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 63
        },
        {
            "number": "54",
            "title": "54. Saving of operation of certain enactments.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 64
        },
        {
            "number": "55",
            "title": "55. Special provision regarding decrees affected by the Delhi Tenants (Temporary Protection) Act, 1956.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 65
        },
        {
            "number": "56",
            "title": "56. Power to make rules.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(b) the form and manner in which an application for deposit or rent may be made and the particulars which it may contain;\n(c) the manner in which a Controller may hold an inquiry under this Act;\n(d) the powers of the civil court which may be vested in a Controller;\n(e) the form and manner in which an application for appeal or transfer of proceeding may be made to the Tribunal;\n(f) the manner of service of notices under this Act;\n(g) any other matter which has to be, or may be, prescribed.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 66
        },
        {
            "number": "57",
            "title": "57. Repeal and saving.",
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            "content": "THE FIRST SCHEDULE\n[See section 1 (2)]\nTHE URBAN AREAS WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF DELHI TO WHICH THE ACT EXTENDS\nTHE URBAN AREAS WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF DELHI TO WHICH THE ACT EXTENDS\nTHE SECOND SCHEDULE\n[See sections 2 (a) and 6 (1)]\nBASIC RENT\nBASIC RENT\n(a) where the rent of such premises has been fixed under the New Delhi House Rent Control Order, 1939, or the Delhi Rent Control Ordinance, 1944 (25 of 1944), the rent so fixed; or\n(b) in any other case, -\n(i) the rent at which the premises were let on the 1st November, 1939, or\n(ii) if the premises were not let on that date, the rent at which they were first let out at any time after that date but before the 2nd June, 1944.\n(a) 12-1/2 per cent. thereof, if the original rent per annum is not more than Rs. 300;\n(b) 15-5/8 per cent, thereof, if the original rent per annum is more than Rs. 300 but not more than Rs. 600;\n(c) 18-3/4 per cent, thereof, if the original rent per annum is more than Rs. 600 but not more than Rs. 1,200;\n(d) 25 per cent, thereof, if the original rent per annum is more than Rs. 1,200.\n[THE THIRD SCHEDULE]\n[See section 25 B (2)]\nFORM OF SUMMONS IN A CASE WHERE RECOVERY OF POSSESSION OF PREMISES IS PRAYED FOR ON THE GROUND OF BONA FIDE REQUIREMENT OR UNDER SECTION 14A\nFORM OF SUMMONS IN A CASE WHERE RECOVERY OF POSSESSION OF PREMISES IS PRAYED FOR ON THE GROUND OF BONA FIDE REQUIREMENT OR UNDER SECTION 14A\n[Name, description and place of residence of the tenant.]\nWhereas Shri .........................has filed an application a copy of which is annexed) for your eviction from (here insert the particulars of the premises) on the ground specified in clause (e) of the proviso to sub-section (1) of section 14 or under section 14A;\nYou are hereby summoned to appear before the Controller within fifteen days of the service hereof and to obtain the leave of the Controller to contest the application for eviction on the ground aforesaid; in default whereof, the applicant will be entitled at any time after the expiry of the said period of fifteen days to obtain an order for your eviction from the said premises.\nLeave to appear and contest the application may be obtained on an application to the Controller supported by an affidavit as is referred to in sub-section (5) of section 25B. Given under my hand and seal.\nThis .........................day of.............19.....20......\nController",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 67
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "dl187",
        "Act Number": "Delhi Act 59 of 1958",
        "Enactment Date": "31st December, 1958",
        "Act Year": "1958",
        "Short Title": "The Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958",
        "Type": "UNION_TERRITORY",
        "Location": "Delhi"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:51:59"
}