A Competent Authority appointed under this Chapter shall be deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860).
CHAPTER VIII SUMMARY DISPOSAL OF CERTAIN APPLICATIONS
Section 49: Competent Authority to be deemed to be public servant
The Maharashtra Rent Control Act, 1999
How current this text is
Text as published by India Code for the Government of Maharashtra, as on 7 March 2025; its footnotes record later changes to other Acts it cites, the latest being Mah. 24 of 2012.
A Maharashtra Rent Control (Amendment) Bill, 2025 (L. A. Bill No. LXXXII of 2025) was introduced in 2025; as of October 2026 no official record shows it passed or published as an Act, so it is not reflected in this text.