Section 70
Determination of compensation by Revenue Court.
About this Act
An Act to amend the Law relating to the Tenancy of Land in the Punjab.
(1) In every suit by a tenant to contest his
liability to ejectment or by a landlord to eject a tenant or to enhance his rent, the Court shall direct the
tenant to file a statement of his claim, if any, to compensation for improvements or for disturbance and of
the grounds thereof.
(2) If the Court decrees the ejectment of the tenant or the enhancement of his rent, it shall determine the amount of compensation, if any, due to the tenant, and shall stay execution of the decree until the landlord pays into Court that amount less any arrears of rent or costs proved to the satisfaction f the Court to be due to him from the tenant.
(2) If the Court decrees the ejectment of the tenant or the enhancement of his rent, it shall determine the amount of compensation, if any, due to the tenant, and shall stay execution of the decree until the landlord pays into Court that amount less any arrears of rent or costs proved to the satisfaction f the Court to be due to him from the tenant.