Section 8
Notice of increase of rent.
The Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958
About this Act
An Act to provide for the control of rents and evictions and of rates of hotels and lodging houses, and for the lease of vacant premises to Government, in certain areas in the Union territory of Delhi.
(1) Where a landlord wishes to increase the rent of any premises, he
shall give the tenant notice of his intention to make the increase and in so far as such increase is lawful
under this Act, it shall be due and recoverable only in respect of the period of the tenancy after the expiry
of thirty days from the date on which the notice is given.
(2) Every notice under sub-section (1) shall be in writing signed by or on behalf of the landlord and
given in the manner provided in section 106 of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882 (4 of 1882).