In this Act, unless subject or context otherwise requires,-
(a) amenities includes supply of water and electricity, passages, staircase, natural light,
lavatories, lifts, conservancy, sanitary services, telephone services, T. V. Cable services
or the like;
(b) Appellate Rent Tribunal means Appellate Rent Tribunal constituted under section l9;
(c)landlord means any person ho for the time being is receiving or is entitled to receive
the rent of any premises, whether on his own account or as an agent, trustee, guardian or
receiver for any other person, or who would so receive or be entitled to receive the rent, if
the premises were let to a tenant;
(d) lease means a lease as defined under the Transfer of Property Act, 1882 (Central Act
No. 4 of 1882);
(e) Municipal Area means the municipal area as defined under the Rajasthan
municipalities Act, 2
2009 (Act No. 18 of 2009);
(f) Premises means-
(a) any land not being used for agricultural purposes; and
(b) any building or part of a building (other than a farm building) let or intended to belet
for use as a residence or for commercial use or for any other purpose, including,-
(i)the gardens, grounds, godowns, garages and out-houses, if any, appurtenant to such
building or part,
(ii) any furniture supplied by the landlord for use in such building or part,
(iii) any fittings affixed to, and amenities provided in, such building or part for the more
beneficial enjoyment thereof, and
(iv) any land appurtenant to and let with any such building or part, but
does not include a room or other accommodation in a hotel, dharamshala, inn, sarai,
lodging house, boarding house or hostel;
Explanation:-In absence of a contract to the contrary, the top of the roof shall not formpart
of the premises let out to a tenant;
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(fa) Rent Authority means the officer appointed under Sec. 22-A;
(g) Rent Tribunal means a Rent Tribunal constituted under section 13;
(h) senior citizen means a citizen of India who has attained the age of sixty five years or
more;
(i) tenant means-
(i) the person by whom or on whose account or behalf rent is, or but for a contract express
or implied, would be payable for any premises to his landlord including the person who
is continuing in its possession after the termination of his tenancy otherwise than by an
order or decree for eviction passed under the provisions of thisAct; and
(ii) in the event of death of the person referred to in sub-clause (i),-
(a) in case of premises let out for residential purposes, his surviving spouse, son, daughter,
mother and father who had been ordinarily residing with him in such premises as
member of his family upto his death;
(b) in case of premises let out for commercial or business purposes, his surviving spouse,son,
daughter, mother and father who had been ordinarily carrying on business with him in
such premises as member of his family upto his death; and
( j ) .Tribunal means an Appellate Rent Tribunal or a Rent Tribunal, as the case maybe.
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