14. Credit of rent to the account of landlord, -(1) Where the landlord does
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not accept any rent and other charges payable or refuses to give a receipt,
the rent and other charges shall be paid to the landlord through online
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transfer to his bank account or any other method as may be prescribed.
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(2) Whenever there is bona-fide doubt about the person or persons to
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whom the rent is payable, the tenant may deposit such rent and other
charges with the Rent Authority.
(3) On deposit of the rent, the Rent Authority shall investigate the case
and pass an order based on facts of the case.
(4) The withdrawal of rent and other charges paid or deposited under
sub-section (1) or sub-section (2), as the case may be, shall not operate as
an admission against the person withdrawing it to the correctness of rent or
any other fact stated by the tenant.
(5) Any rent and charges not withdrawn for five years by any person
entitled to withdraw shall be forfeited by the State Government by giving a
notice in such manner as may be prescribed.Source footnotes
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Section 1 · Short title, extent and commencement.Section 2 · Definitions.Section 3 · Act not to apply to certain premises.Section 4 · Tenancy agreement.Section 5 · Period of Tenancy.Section 6 · Inheritability of Tenancy.Section 7 · Restricting on subletting.Section 8 · Rent Payable.India Code, Government of India. Text fetched 10 Oct 2026. Source metadata reports last modification: 2025-07-17. Check the linked official text and subsequent notifications when applying a provision.