Increase in rent excepted

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(1) A landlord shall also be entitled to make an increase in the rent of premises referred to in column 1 which were let on or before the first day of September 1940 by an addition to the rent at the rates specified against them in column 2 below :—

(1) Residential premises the rent of which does not exceed Rs. 20 per month. Not exceeding 5 per cent. of the standard rent.
(2) Residential premises the rent of which exceeds Rs. 20 per month but does not exceed Rs. 80 per month. Not exceeding 7 1/2 per cent. of the standard rent.
(3) Residential premises the rent of which exceeds Rs. 80 per month. Not exceeding 10 per cent. of the standard rent.
(4) Non-residential premises other than those specified in items
(5) and
(6) below:—
- (a) the rent of which does not exceed Rs. 50 per month. Not exceeding 7 1/2 per cent. of the standard rent.
- (b) the rent of which exceeds Rs. 50 per month. Not exceeding 12 1/2 per cent. of the standard rent.
(5) Premises interest in which is transferred under the proviso to sub-section
(1) of section 15 on or after the date of the coming into force of the Bombay Rents, Hotel and Lodging House Rates Control (Second Amendment) Act, 1953, as incidental to the sale of a business together with the stock-in-trade and goodwill thereof. Not exceeding 25 per cent. of the standard rent.
(6) Premises used for the purposes of a cinema. Not exceeding 50 per cent. of the standard rent.
(2) Any increase under sub-section
(1) shall not be deemed to be an increase for the purposes of section 7. Explanation.—For the purposes of sub-section (1), the expression "Premises" shall have the same meaning as is assigned to it in sub-clause
- (b) of clause
(8) of section 5.

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