Maximum rent

Notwithstanding any agreement or usage or any decree or order of a court or any law to the contrary, the maximum rent payable by an occupancy tenant in respect of the land held by him shall not exceed- (a) in the case of any class of irrigated land- four times the land revenue assessed on such land; (b) in case of barani land in the Vindhya Pradesh region- three times the land revenue assessed on such land; and (c) in any other case- two times the land revenue assessed: Provided that where any land is exempted from payment of land revenue under section 58-A; the maximum rent aforesaid shall be reduced by the amount of land revenue so exempted under the said section. Explanation.- Where any land has not been assessed to land revenue, the multiples aforesaid shall be calculated on the basis of the land revenue assessable on such land.