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CHAPTER IX MISCELLANEOUS

Section 56: Right of tenant and landlord to receive lawful charges

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.

Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, it shall be lawful for,—

(i) the tenant or any person acting or purporting to act on behalf of the tenant to claim or receive any sum or any consideration, as a condition of the relinquishment, transfer or assignment of his tenancy of any premises;

(ii) the landlord or any person acting or purporting to act on behalf of the landlord to receive any fine, premium or other like sum or deposit or any consideration in respect of the grant, or renewal of a lease of any premises, or for giving his consent to the transfer of a lease to any other person.

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