State Act: Kerala
The Kerala Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act, 1965
Act No. 2 of 1965 · 36 sections
Text as published by India Code for the Government of Kerala (Law Department), with amendments up to Act 16 of 1974.
No later amending Act or Ordinance appears in the Kerala Law Department's index of State Acts and Ordinances (checked to 2026).
The Act was made as President's Act No. 2 of 1965 (enacted on 4 July 1965, Kerala Gazette Extraordinary No. 60 of 7 July 1965) and re-enacted by the Kerala Re-enacting Act, 1968 (Act 8 of 1968), which substituted the preamble and enacting formula shown above in square brackets.
The provision on reopening of orders for eviction in certain cases, inserted by Act 7 of 1966 and printed after the Schedule in this copy, is not reproduced as a section on this page.
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Title, date and preamble
An Act to regulate the leasing of buildings and to control the rent of such buildings in the State of Kerala.
[Preamble.—WHEREAS it is expedient to regulate the leasing of buildings and to control the rent of such building in the State of Kerala;
BE it enacted as follows:—]
Contents
- 1.Short title, extent, application and commencement
- 2.Definitions
- 3.Constitution of Rent Control Courts and appointment of Accommodation Controllers
- 4.Notice of vacancy
- 5.Determination of fair rent
- 6.Increase in fair rent in what cases admissible
- 7.Increase of rent in certain cases
- 8.Landlord not to claim or receive anything in excess of fair rent or agreed rent
- 9.Right of tenant paying rent or advance to receipt
- 10.Right of tenant to deposit rent in certain cases
- 11.Eviction of tenants
- 11A.Special provisions for the members of the Armed Forces
- 12.Payment or deposit of rent during the pendency of proceedings for eviction
- 13.Landlord not to interfere with amenities enjoyed by the tenant
- 14.Execution of Orders
- 15.Decisions which have become final not to be reopened
- 16.Orders of Rent Control Court to be pronounced in open Court
- 17.Conversion of buildings and failure by landlord to make necessary repairs
- 18.Appeal
- 19.Costs
- 20.Revision
- 20A.Power to remand
- 21.Order under the Act to be binding on sub-tenants
- 22.Proceedings by or against legal representative
- 23.Summons, etc
- 24.Time within which proceedings have to be disposed of
- 25.Exemptions
- 26.Executive authorities of local bodies to furnish certified extracts from property tax or house tax assessment books
- 27.Landlord and tenant to furnish particulars
- 28.Inspectors
- 29.Penalties
- 30.Fixation of fair rent suo motu by Court
- 31.Power to make rules
- 32.Protection of action taken in good faith
- 33.Restoration of possession in certain cases
- 34.Savings and special provision
Schedules and appendices
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