Increase of rent on account of payment of rates etc., of local authority but rent not to be increased on account of payment of other taxes etc.

(l) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other provisions of this Act, the landlord shall be entitled to increase the rent of a building or rented land, and if after the commencement of the tenancy any fresh rate, cess or tax is levied in respect of the building or rented land by the Government or any local authority, or if there is an increase in the amount of such a rate, cess or tax being levied at the commencement of the tenancy : Provided that the increase in rent shall not exceed the amount of any such rate, cess or tax or the amount of the increase in such rate, cess or tax, as the case may be.

(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force or in any contract, no landlord shall recover from his tenant the amount of any tax or any portion thereof in respect of any building or rented land occupied by such tenant by increase in the amount of the rent payable or otherwise, save as provided in sub-section (1). Subject to the provisions of section 21, all sums deposited shall be treated as Civil Court, deposits and accounted for and dealt with according to the rules of Civil Court deposits ii1force in Civil Courts in Himachal Pradesh.