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CHAPTER II Tenancy

Section 4: Notification of Tenancy

The Jammu and Kashmir (Residential and Commercial Tenancy) Act, 2012 (repealed)

Repealed in the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir from 15 February 2026 by section 47(1) of the Jammu and Kashmir Tenancy Act, 2025 (Act No. IV of 2025), which reads "The Jammu and Kashmir Residential and Commercial Tenancy) Act, 2012 which is in force immediately before the commencement of this Act, is hereby repealed", with pending cases saved by section 47(2).

How current this text is

Text as adapted by the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Adaptation of State Laws) Order, 2020 (S.O. 1229(E), 31 March 2020), as published by India Code for the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

Kept for reference only: the Act was repealed from 15 February 2026 by the Jammu and Kashmir Tenancy Act, 2025, and applies now only to cases pending at that date under section 47(2) of that Act.

(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Act or any other law for the time being in force, any agreement for letting of any rental unit entered into between the landlord and the tenant(s), after the commencement of the Act, shall be in writing and that such tenancy agreement will be registered or notarized with the Notary Public and signed jointly by the landlord and tenant(s) in the manner prescribed :

Provided that two copies of the tenancy agreement shall be made in original, one each for the landlord and the tenant and the tenancy agreement shall be as given in Schedule I.

(2) In case of any changes in the terms of tenancy agreement, the same will be incorporated in a new tenancy agreement, which shall be registered or notarized as prescribed within thirty days of the changes having occurred.

(3) In case of joint tenants, the tenancy agreement may be entered into with all the tenants jointly or with each tenant separately. In case of joint tenancy agreement all tenants will sign the tenancy agreement and receive a copy of the same.

(4) In case of unregistered existing tenancies, the landlord and the tenant shall record terms of tenancy as subsisting on the date of commencement of the Act as per Schedule II and get this registered or notarized within six months of the commencement of the Act :

Provided that at the end of the period of twenty four months from the commencement of the Act, the landlord and the tenant will enter into a new tenancy agreement as per Schedule I and for all intent and purposes the tenancy will be construed as new tenancy at the end of twenty four months from the commencement of the Act.