Time limit for making deposit and consequence of incorrect particulars in application for deposit.

(1) No rent deposited under section 14 shall be considered to have been validly deposited under that section for purposes of clause (i) of the proviso to sub-section (1) of section 11, unless deposited within fifteen days of the time fixed by contract for payment of the rent or in the absence of such contract unless deposited within the first day of the second month next following that for which the rent was payable. (2) Nor shall such deposit be considered to have been validly made for purposes of the said clause if any statements in the tenant's application depositing the rent, whether made designedly or with gross negligence, were calculated to prevent the landlord from receiving payment from the Controller, unless the landlord has received such payment before the date of filing suit for recovery of possession of house or shop from the tenant. (3) If the rent is deposited within the time mentioned in subsection (1) and does not cease to be a valid deposit for the reason mentioned in sub-section (2) the deposit shall constitute payment of rent to the landlord if the amount deposited would have been valid legal tender of rent if tendered to the landlord on the date fixed by contract for payment of rent when there is such a contract, or in the absence of such contract on fifteenth day of the month next following that for which rent is payable.