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CHAPTER IV RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF LANDLORD AND TENANT

Section 12: Original tenancy agreement to be retained by landlord and tenant

The Jammu and Kashmir Tenancy Act, 2025

How current this text is

Text as enacted, published in the Jammu and Kashmir Official Gazette (Extraordinary) of 1 November 2025 and made available by India Code; no amending Act has been found.

The Act came into force on 15 February 2026, the date appointed under section 1(3) by S.O. 31 of 9 February 2026 of the Housing and Urban Development Department.

The tenancy agreement shall be signed in duplicate by both the landlord and tenant, and one each of such original signed tenancy agreement shall be retained by the landlord and tenant.