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CHAPTER VII RENT COURTS AND RENT TRIBUNALS

Section 38: Execution of order

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.

(1) The Rent Court shall, on an application filed by any party, execute an order of a Rent Court or a Rent Tribunal or any other order made under this Act, in such manner as may be prescribed, by—

(a) delivering possession of the premises to the person in whose favour the decision has been made; or

(b) attaching one or more bank accounts of the opposite party for the purpose of recovering the amount specified in such order; or

(c) appointing any advocate or any other competent person including officers of the Rent Court or local administration or local body for the execution of such order.

(2) The Rent Court may take the help from the Government or local body or the local police for the execution of the final orders:

Provided that no applicant shall obtain police help unless he pays such costs as may be decided by the Rent Court.

(3) The Rent Court shall conduct the execution proceedings, in relation to its order or an order of a Rent Tribunal or any other order passed under this Act, in a summary manner and dispose of the application for execution made under this section within a period of thirty days from thedate of service of notice on opposite party.

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