Model Residential Tenancy Act, 2011

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Short Title, Extent and Commencement

(1) This Act may be called the Residential Tenancy Act 2011.
(2) It shall extend to all urban areas of Provided that the Government through notification may exclude any area or units or class of buildings from the operation of this Act or any provision thereof.
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may by notification, in the official Gazette, appoint and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of the Act.

Definition

In this Act unless the context otherwise requires-

(a) “Appellate Rent Tribunal” means Appellate Rent Tribunal constituted under Section 31.
(b) “Existing Tenancies” means tenancies entered into prior to the commencement of this Act and covered under the State Rent Control Act and valid upto 24 months from the commencement of this Act as per Section 4 and Section 9.
(c) “Landlord” means a person or a company who owns a rental unit and who is entitled to receive rent for the use and occupancy of any rental unit and shall include his successor-in-interest.
(d) “Housing Services” include provision of furniture, furnishings, appliances, parking and related facility, laundry facility, lifts garbage collection, storage facility, intercom system, cable television facility, security services, and common recreational facilities.

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