Cultivating tenants, etc., to pay fair rent

Cultivating tenants, etc., to pay fair rent: Every cultivating tenant of a holding other than a kanamdar or customary verumpattamdar, every tenant of a commercial site who is entitled to fixity of tenure shall pay-

1. (a) in case fair rent has been determined under section 16, such fair rent as modified in appeal, if any, under section 17,
2. (b) in case there has been no such determination, the rent agreed to by both the parties to be the fair rent payable in accordance with the provisions of sections 4 to 13, Provided that in the case mentioned in clause (a), where there is a contract, the tenant shall, until the expiration of the period of contract, pay at his choice, either the contract rent or the fair rent and shall thereafter pay the fair rent.