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CHAPTER IV PROTECTION OF TENANTS AGAINST EVICTION

Section 32: Special provision for recovery of possession in certain cases

The Punjab Rent Act, 1995

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 The East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949 is repealed for Punjab by section 75, subject to the savings in that section.

Where the landlord in respect of any premises is any company or other body corporate or any public institution, then notwithstanding anything contained in section 20 or in any other law, the Rent Authority may, on an application made to him in this behalf by such landlord, place the landlord in vacant possession of such premises by evicting the tenant and every other person who may be in occupation thereof, if the Rent Authority is satisfied that-

(a) the tenant to whom such premises were let for use as a residence at a time when he was in the service or employment of the landlord, has ceased to be in such service or employment and the premises are required for the use of employees of such landlord; or

(b) the tenant has acted in contravention of the terms, express or implied, under which he was authorised to occupy such premises; or

(c) any other person is in unauthorised occupation of such premises;

(d) the premises are required bona fide by the landlord for the use of employees of such landlord or, in the case of a public institution, for the furtherance of its activities.

Explanation.- For the purpose of this section, the expression "public institution" includes any educational institution, library, hospital and charitable dispensary but does not include any such institution set up by a private trust.

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