RAJASTHAN PREMISES (CONTROL OF RENT AND EVICTION) (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1987

Act No. 34 of 1987

07th November, 1987

An Act further to amend the Rajasthan Premises (Control of Rent and Eviction) Act, 1950. Be it enacted by the Rajasthan State Legislature in the Thirty-eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows:--

S.1 Short title and commencement

(1) This Act may be called the Rajasthan Premises (Control of Rent and Eviction) (Amendment) Act, 1987.

(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on 22nd May, 1987.

S.2 Insertion of new section 16 in Rajasthan Act 17 of 1950

After the existing section 15 of the Rajasthan Premises (Control of Rent and Eviction) Act, 1950 (Rajasthan Act 17 of 1950), the following new section shall be inserted, namely:--

16. Right of landlord to recover immediate possession in certain cases.--

(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Act or in any other law for the time being in force or in any contract or usage, a landlord who was a member of the armed forces of the Union, his war widow or his other legal representative shall, on an application being made in this behalf, be entitled to obtain an immediate order of ejectment of the tenant from the premises let out by such member and to recover immediate possession thereof on any of the following grounds, namely:--

• (a) that he has retired from service (which term shall include compulsory or voluntary retirement)--
  • (i) within a period of one year prior to the date of commencement of the Rajasthan Premises
    

S.3 Repeal and Savings

(1) The Rajasthan Premises (Control of Rent and Eviction) (Amendment) Ordinance, 1987 (Ordinance No. 10 of 1987) is hereby repealed.

(2) Notwithstanding such repeal, all things done, actions taken or orders made under the principal Act as amended by the said Ordinance shall be deemed to have been done, taken or made under the principal Act as amended by this Act.