Act Number: 59

Act Name: The Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958

Year: 1958

Enactment Date: 1958-12-31

Long Title: 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.

Ministry: Ministry of Home Affairs

Department: Department of States

Section 3: Act not to apply to certain premises.
    Nothing in this Act shall apply--
         (a) to any premises belonging to the Government; 1***
         (b) to any tenancy or other like relationship created by a grant from the Government in respect of the premises taken on lease, or requisitioned, by the Government:
     2[Provided that where any premises belonging to Government have been or are lawfully let by any person by virtue of an agreement with the Government or otherwise, then, notwithstanding any judgment, decree or order of any court or other authority, the provisions of this Act shall apply to such tenancy].
     3[(c) to any premises, whether residential or not, whose monthly rent exceeds three thousand and five hundred rupees; or
     (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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