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Section 29: Penalties

The Kerala Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act, 1965

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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.

(1) If any person contravenes any of the provisions of sub-sections (1), (2), (4), (5) and (6) of section 4, clause (a) of sub-section (1) and clause (b) of sub-section (2) of section 8, sub-section (1) of section 13, sub-section (1) of section 17 and section 27, he shall be punishable with fine which may extend to two thousand rupees and in default to simple imprisonment which may extend to two weeks.

(2) If any landlord receives unconscionable rent in respect of any building he shall be punishable with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months, or with fine which may extend to two thousand rupees, or with both.

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