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section 10AAA

When rent due to payment of increased rates, etc., to be increased

The Bombay Rents, Hotel and Lodging House Rates Control Act, 1947
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  1. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in sections 10, 10A and 10AA, if—
    • (a) in Greater Bombay the general tax levied under section 143 of the Bombay Municipal Corporation Act, or in the City of Poona the general tax levied under section 129 of the Bombay Provincial Municipal Corporations Act, 1949, or in any other area to which clause
  2. (1) of section 10A applies the rate or tax on buildings, houses or lands, or a rate or tax in the form of such rate or tax on buildings, houses or lands, levied under any of the enactments referred to in the said clause
  3. (1) is, after the date of the coming into force of the Urban Immovable Property Tax (Abolition) and General Tax (Increase of Maximum Rate) Act, 1962 (hereinafter in this section referred to as “the said date”), increased ; and
    • (b) the amount of such rate or tax payable after the said date by the landlord in respect of any premises situated in any of the said areas (whether let on or before the said date or after the said date) exceeds the amount of such rate or tax (including the amount of any Urban Immoveable Property Tax) after passing on any increase of tax by way of increased rent under the foregoing provisions, payable by the landlord immediately before the said date, then, the landlord shall be entitled to make an increase in the rent of the said premises equal to the amount of such excess, or five per cent. of the standard rent,— whichever is less : Provided that, nothing in this section shall affect the right of any landlord to continue to make increase in the rent of the said premises, or prevent him from making any such increase in the rent thereof, which he was making or entitled to make immediately before the said date.
  4. (2) The increase under sub-section
  5. (1) shall not be deemed to be an increase for the purposes of section 7.]

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