Insertion of new section 11A in Bom. LVII of 1947

In the Bombay Rents, Hotel and Lodging House Rates Control Act, 1947 (hereinafter referred to as "the principal Act"), after section 11, the following new section shall be inserted, namely:- "11A. Where by reason of any riot or violence of mob any material part of the premises in a disturbed area is wholly destroyed or rendered substantially and permanently unfit for the purpose for which it was let,- (a) the landlord shall erect the new building at the original site subject to the provisions of any rules, bye-laws or regulations made by a local authority not later than fifteen months from the date of the publication of the notification in the Official Gazette, issued under sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Gujarat Prohibition of Transfer of Immovable Property and Provision for Protection of Tenants from Eviction from Premises in Disturbed Areas Act, 1991 or the date on which the material part of premises of the building is wholly destroyed or rendered substantially and permanently unfit, whichever is later: Provided that the State Government may for sufficient reasons extend the period of fifteen months to such further period not exceeding nine months as it thinks fit. (b) the tenant shall have the right to occupy a tenement in the new building erected at the original site by the landlord, and the provisions of sections 17B and 17C shall, so far as may be, apply. Explanation.—In this section and in sub-section (1A) of section 12, the expression "disturbed area" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in the Gujarat Prohibition of Transfer of Immovable Property and Provision for Protection of Tenants from Eviction from Premises in Disturbed Areas Act, 1991."