section 12
Amount of maximum rent
The Punjab Security of Land Tenures Act, 1953General195345 sections
Statutory text
- (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Punjab Tenancy Act, 1887 (XVI of 1887), or in any agreement or usage or any decree or order of a court, the maximum rent payable by a tenant for any land held by him as such shall not exceed one-third of the crop of such land or the value thereof as determined in the prescribed manner, and where the customary rent is less than one-third the maximum rent shall be such customary rent.
- (2) In computing the maximum rent payable by a tenant, such portion of the rent, if any, as represents the consideration for services or facilities provided by the landowner in relation to the land shall not be taken into account.
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