Where an order for eviction in respect of any premises is made under section 20 against a tenant but not against a sub-tenant referred to in section 27 and a notice of the sub-tenancy has been given to the landlord, the sub-tenant shall, with effect from the date of the order, be deemed to have become a tenant holding the premises in his occupation directly under the landlord on the same terms and conditions on which the tenant would have held from the landlord, if the tenancy had continued.
CHAPTER IV PROTECTION OF TENANTS AGAINST EVICTION
Section 28: Sub-tenant to be tenant in certain cases
How current this text is
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 The East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949 is repealed for Punjab by section 75, subject to the savings in that section.