Definitions

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires: - (a) "Act" means The Slkkirn Tenants and Domestic and Professional Helps (Compulsory Verification) Act, 2008. (b) "dependent" means spouse, children, spouses of children, parents, grand parents, grand children and blood relations of a tenant, who himself resides in the accommodation covered under tenancy; (c) "domestic or professional help" means any person not being a regular employee of the Central or State Government or Public Sector Undertaking, employed in any household or establishment in the State for performing any unskilled or skilled work in such household or establishment, or in any land, vehicle, vessel or aircraft owned or under the control of such household or establishment, whether or not they are paid remuneration in cash; (d) "Government" means the State Government of Sikkim; (e) "house owner" means the owner of a house or flat or building and includes the lessee of a room or rooms or accommodation in any house or flat or building. who provides tenancy; (f) "notification" means a notification published in the Official Gazette. (g) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (h) "tenancy" means providing room or rooms or accommodation in any house or flat or building by its owner or lessee for any purpose including running of a lodge or hostel by whatever nomenclature it may run, either on rent/charges or on lease or otherwise, but does not include accommodation or room or rooms provided by a hotel or lodge on rent or otherwise to a customer for less than thirty days; (i) "tenant" means a person having the benefit of tenancy as defined above.