Verification of tenants

Verification of tenants:

1. (1) Every landlord, who proposes to let out any premises or part thereof, shall submit in the prescribed form, the details of the tenant to the Local Authority or Police Station or the District Task Force or any such agency as may be notified by the Government.
2. (2) Every landlord, who has already let out property to a tenant before the commencement of this Act, shall also be required to submit the details as required in sub-section
3. (1) within a period of 90 days from the date of commencement of this Act.
4. (3) The tenant, who intends to take a house on rent, shall furnish his proof of identity and such other documents as may be prescribed to the landlord.
5. (4) The landlord, upon receipt of the information from the tenant, shall verify the credentials of the tenant from the employer or any other respectable person or from the place of origin or the native village or shall submit such documents to the Police Station or the Local Authority for such verification.
6. (5) Any failure on the part of the landlord to verify the credentials of the tenant or to submit the information as required under sub-section
7. (1) or (2), shall be an offence and shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months or with fine or with both.