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MADHYA PRADESH ACCOMMODATION CONTROL MADHYA PRADESH ACT, 1965

MADHYA PRADESH ACCOMMODATION CONTROL MADHYA PRADESH ACT, 1965

THE MADHYA PRADESH ACCOMMODATION CONTROL MADHYA PRADESH ACT, 1965

[Act No. 10 of 1965]

[20th March, 1965]

PREAMBLE

An Act to amend the Madhya Pradesh Accommodation Control Act, 1961

Be it enacted by the Madhya Pradesh Legislature in the Sixteenth Year of the Republic of India as follows:--

Section 1 - Short title

This Act may be called the Madhya Pradesh Accommodation Control (Amendment) Act, 1965.

Section 2 - Amendment of section 7

In paragraph (c) of clause (2) of section 7 of the Madhya Pradesh Accommodation Control Act, 1961 (No. 41 of 1961) (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), for the words "by such amount as would bear the same proportion to the rent as the increase bears to the amount of tax", the words "by an amount equal to such increase" shall be substituted.

Section 3 - Insertion of new section 20-A

After section 20 of the principal Act, the following section shall be inserted, namely:-

"20-A. Special provision for recovery of possession for member of family of landlord killed while in active service in military

Where the landlord in respect of any accommodation being a member of the naval, military, air or other armed forces of the Union dies on active duty, and the said accommodation or part thereof is required for the bonafide residence of a member of his family, the Court may, on an application by such member of the family, place him in vacant possession of such accommodation or part thereof, as the case may be, by evicting the tenant or every other person who may be in occupation thereof, if the Court is satisfied--

(a)      that the landlord was the owner of such accommodation; and

(b)      that the member of the family is in need of the accommodation or part thereof for his residence and no other suitable alternative accommodation is possessed by him."

Section 4 - Amendment of section 39

In section 39 of the principal Act,--

(i)       in sub-section (1), after the words "in writing", the words "within such time as may be specified therein" shall be inserted; and

(ii)      in sub-section (2)--

(a)      for the words, figures and brackets, "within 15 days of the date of order issued under sub-section (1)", the words, figures and brackets "within 15 days from the date of receipt of the information given by the landlord in pursuance of an order issued under sub-section '(1)" shall be substituted; and

(b)      in the first and second provisos for the words, figure and brackets "within fifteen days of the date of the order issued under sub-section (1)", the words, brackets and figure "in the information given in pursuance of an order issued under sub-section (1)" shall be substituted.

Section 5 - Amendment of section 40

In section 40 of the principal Act, after the words "The Collector", the words "or the authorised officer" shall be inserted.

Section 6 - Insertion of new section 40-A

After section 40 of the principal Act, the following section shall be inserted, namely:-

"40-A. Special provision of allotment during emergency

(1)     In this section "Proclamation of Emergency" means a Proclamation issued under clause (1) of Article 352 of the Constitution of India.

(2)     During the period a Proclamation of Emergency remains in force, the members of the family of--

(i)       a member of the naval, military, air or other armed forces of the Union on active duty; or

(ii)      a civil Government servant who, during such period, takes up service in the aforesaid forces, may, notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, be allotted accommodation at a place to be specified by the member of the said forces or the Civil Government servant, as the case may be, by the Collector having jurisdiction over the said place or the authorised officer, if the accommodation is vacant or is likely to fall vacant and the said Collector or the authorised officer, as the case may be, may direct the landlord to put the members of the family in whose favour the accommodation has been allotted in possession of such accommodation and the landlord shall place such members of the family in possession thereof immediately, if the accommodation is vacant or as soon as it becomes vacant.

(3)     Tenancy of any person who has been allotted accommodation under this section shall terminate on the expiry of a period of one year from the date, the Proclamation of Emergency ceases to be in force."

Section 7 - Amendment of section 41

In section 41 of the principal Act, for the word and figures "section 40", the words, figures, letter and brackets "subsection (2) of section 39 or section 40-A" shall be substituted.

Section 8 - Amendment of Action 43

In sub-section (6) of section 43 of the principal Act, for the words, brackets and figures "the provisions of subsection (2) of section 39", the words, brackets, letter and figures "the provisions of sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) of section 39 or of sub-section (2) of section 40-A" shall be substituted.

Section 9 - Amendment of section 48

In section 48 of the principal Act, for the words "A Rent Controlling Authority appointed under his Act" the words, figures and brackets "The Collector, the Rent Controlling Authority or the officer authorised by the Collector under sub-section (1) of section 39", shall be substituted

Section 10 - Amendment of section 49

In section 49 of the principal Act for the words "any Rent Controlling Authority", the words, figures and brackets "the Collector, the Rent Controlling Authority or the officer authorised by the Collector under sub-section .0) of section 39", shall be substituted.

Section 11 - Amendment of section 52

Section 53 of the Principal Act shall be renumbered as section 51.

Section 12 - Amendments made by sections 2 and 11 to have retrospective effect

The amendments made by sections 2 and 11 shall be deemed to have formed part of the principal Act from the commencement thereof.

Section 13 - Repeal

The. Madhya Pradesh Accommodation Control (Amendment) Ordinance, 1964 (No. 14 of 1964) is hereby repealed