Definitions

In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,—

1. (a) “building” means any building or part of a building let for any purpose whether being actually used for that purpose or not, including any land, godowns, out-houses, or furniture let therewith, but does not include a room in a hotel, hostel or boarding house ;
2. (b) “Controller” means any person who is appointed by the [State] Government to perform the functions of a Controller under this Act ;
3. (c) “Landlord” means any person for the time being entitled to receive rent in respect of any building or rented land whether on his own account or on behalf, or for the benefit, of any other person, or as a trustee, guardian, receiver, executor or administrator for any other person, and includes a tenant who sublets any building or rented land in the manner hereinafter authorised, and every person, from time to time, deriving title under a landlord ;
4. (d) “non-residential building” means a building being used solely for the purposes of business or trade ; Provided that residence in a building only for the purpose of guarding it shall not be deemed to convert a “non-residential building” to a “residential building”;
5. (e) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act ;
6. (f) “rented land” means any land let separately for the purpose of being used principally for business or trade ;
7. (g) “residential building” means any building which is not a non-residential building ;
8. (h) “scheduled building” means a residential building which is being used by a person engaged in one or more of the professions specified in the Schedule to this Act, partly for his business and partly for his residence ;
   • (i) “tenant” means any person by whom or on whose account rent is payable for a building or rented land and includes a tenant continuing in possession after the termination of the tenancy in his favour, but does not include a person placed in occupation of a building or rented land by its tenant, unless with the consent in writing of the landlord, or a person to whom the collection of rent or fees in a public market, cart-stand or slaughter-house or of rents for shops has been farmed out or leased by a municipal, town or notified area committee ; and
9. (j) “urban area” means any area administered by a municipal committee, a cantonment board, a town committee or a notified area committee or any area declared [by the State Government] by notification to be urban for the purpose of this Act.