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CHAPTER IV PROTECTION OF TENANTS AGAINST EVICTION

Section 27: Notice of creation and termination of sub-tenancy

The Punjab Rent Act, 1995

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Text as published by India Code for the Government of Punjab (compilation of the Department of Legal and Legislative Affairs, Punjab, as amended up to 15 September 2025), with amendments up to Punjab Act No. 23 of 2014.

India Code records, in a footnote to section 1(4), that this Act came into force on 30 November 2013. The East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949 is repealed for Punjab by section 75, subject to the savings in that section.

Where after the commencement of this Act, any premises are sub-let either in whole or in part by the tenant with the prior consent in writing of the landlord the tenant or the sub-tenant to whom the premises are sub-let may, in prescribed manner, give notice to the landlord of the creation of the sub-tenancy within one month of the date of such sub-letting and also notify the termination of such sub-tenancy in the Form specified in Schedule X to this Act.

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