Tenant's Obligations Under the Act

[See Section 12(4) of the Act] 1. To acknowledge at all times the title of the landlord over the accommodation, and to respect and honor without demur his rights as set forth in Schedule-2. 2. To use the accommodation only for the purpose for which it was leased out to him. 3. Never to sub-let any portion of the accommodation, with or without monetary considerations, formally or informally, with or without the permission of the landlord. 4. To protect and safeguard the accommodation, and all electrical, sanitary and other fixtures forming part of the accommodation. 5. To attend to the minor, recurring replacements and repairs as may be necessary from time to time, without expecting reimbursement from the landlord. 6. To keep the accommodation in a clean and hygienic state, and not to cause air, water and/or noise pollution in or around the accommodation, in a manner that hurts peaceful coexistence. 7. To dispose of garbage in accordance with the system designed by the municipality, and in no case to litter it outside the accommodation and/or on to the road or other public place. 8. To pay the security deposit, rent and other dues fully and regularly in the manner settled with the landlord. 9. To compensate the landlord for any damage caused to the accommodation, willfully or otherwise, except for natural aging and/or weathering. 10. Never to become a social nuisance during currency of the tenancy. Explanation- 'Social nuisance' means doing or causing to be done any or all of the following acts: drunken brawls, wife-bashing, prostitution, habitual late-night noisy socializing and/or otherwise creation of abnormal noise construed by the neighbourhood as disturbance, spitting in common facilities like staircase, storage of any hazardous stuff, storage of any stuff with offensive odor that fouls up the surrounding, or that abnormally invites pests, littering of garbage and/or letting loose waste water, spoiling the environment by doing or promoting improper defecation, and/or any act that has a bad and damaging social effect on the immediate neighbourhood.