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CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY

Section 6: Provisions with regard to standard rent not to apply to certain premises

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, from the commencement of this Act, the provisions relating to standard rent and permitted increases shall not apply to any premises let to or given on licence in a building, whether newly constructed or otherwise where such premises were not let or given on licence for a continuous period of one year:

Provided that, nothing in this section shall apply to,—

(a) the premises referred to in sections 20 and 21;

(b) the premises which are constructed or reconstructed in any housing scheme, undertaken by Government or the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority or by any of its Boards established under section 18 of the Maharashtra Housing Area Development Act, 1976 (Mah. XXVIII of 1977).

Questions on this section

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  1. 1. Under Section 6 of the Maharashtra Rent Control Act, 1999, the provisions relating to standard rent and permitted increases do not apply to premises in a building which were not let or given on licence for a continuous period of:

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