House owners to report tenency end apply for verification of tenants

(1) Every house owner by himself or an agent acting on his behalf shall, within a period of 30 (thirty) days from the date of commencement of this Act in the case of existing tenancy and within 30 (thirty) days of any new tenancy provided by him, inform the Officer-in-charge of the Police Station having jurisdiction of such tenancy along with the name and details in such form, as may be prescribed, of all tenants: Provided that this provision shall not be applicable in respect of a tenancy provided exclusively for office accommodation of any Government or Public Sector Undertakings, industry, commercial organization or establishment or institution registered and operating in Sil<kim. (2) In respect of tenancies not covered under the proviso to SUb-section (1) the house owner or an agent acting on his behalf shall apply to the Officer-in-charge of the Police Station having jurisdiction, along with such documents as may be prescribed, for verification of the antecedents of all tenants: Provided that no verification as above may be necessary if the tenant is a holder of Sikkim Subject Certificate or Certificate of Identification or voter's identity card or ration card issued by a competent authority of the Government of Sikkim or is a serving or retired official of the Central or State Government organization located in Sikkim and their dependents and requisite documents to prove the fact have been submitted.