Amendment to Bombay Rents, Hotel and Lodging House Rates Control Act, 1947

(1) For clause (10) of section 5 the following shall be substituted : - " (10) 'specified date ' means - (a) in the case of any premises let for the purpose of residence, the first day of Janu ary 1943, and (b) in the case of any premises let for non-residential purposes, the first day of January 1944. (10-A) 'Standard rent ' in relation to any premises let for the purpose of residence or for non-residential purpose means - (a) where the standard rent is fixed by the Controller under the House Bent Control Order, 1947, made by the Baroda Government, such standard rent, or (b) where the standard rent is not so fixed. subject to the provisions of section 11 - (i) the rent at which the premises were let on the specified date, or (ii) where they were not let on the specified date the rent at which they were last let before that date, or (iii) where they were first let after the specified date, the rent at which they were first let, or (iv) in any of these cases specified in section 11, the rent fixed by the Court : Provided that an increase in rent made in operation immediately before the 30th day of July 1949, in accordance with the provision of the said House Rent Control Order, 1947, shall be deemed to be included in the standard rent ; ". (2) In sections 7, 11 and 18 of the said Act, for the words and figures "the first day of September, 1940" wherever they occur, the words "the specified date " shall be substituted.