Receipt to be given for rent paid

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1. (1) Every tenant shall pay rent and other charges payable within the stipulated period as in the agreement between the landlord and the tenant and in the absence of such stipulation by the 10th day of the month next following the month for which it is payable and where any default occurs in the payment of rent or other charges, the tenant shall be liable to pay simple interest at such rate as may be specified from time to time on the date on which such payment of rent and other charges payable is due to the date on which it is paid.
2. (2) Every tenant who makes payment of rent or other charges payable or advance towards such rent or other charges to his landlord, shall be entitled, against acknowledgement, to obtain forthwith from the landlord or his authorized agent a written receipt for the amount paid to him, signed by the landlord or his authorized agent.