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CHAPTER V EVICTION AND RECOVERY OF POSSESSION OF PREMISES BY LANDLORD

Section 29: Provisions regarding notice of giving up possession by 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.

Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act or any other law for the time being in force, a tenant may give up possession of the premises on giving such written notice as is required under the tenancy agreement and in the absence of any stipulation relating to such notice, the tenant shall give notice to the landlord of at least one month before giving up possession of the premises.