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(1) Nothing in this Act shall applyto any- (a) premises owned or promoted by the CentralGovemment or State Govemment or local authority or a Government undertaking or enterprise or a statutory body or Cantonment Board; (b) premises owned by a company, University or organisation given on renl to its employees as part of service contract; (c) premises o\. -ed by religious or charitable institutions as may be specified, by notification by the Government ofArunachal Pradesh; (d) premises owned by auqaf registered under the Waqf Act, 1995 or by any trust registered under the public trust law for the time being in force; (e) other building orcategoryof buildings specificatty exempted in public interest by notification by the State Government. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), ifthe owner and tenant of the premises referred to in clause (a) to clause (e) of the said sub-section agrees that the tenancy agreement entered into between such landlord and tenant be regulated under the provisions of this Act, such landlord may inform the Rent Authority of the agreement to do so at the time of information of the tenancy agreement dnder section 4. Act nol to apply to certain premises. TheArunachal Pradesh Extraordinary Gazette, November 15,2022 3 4 CHAPTER .II TET{ANCY (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act or any other law for the time being in force, no person shall, after the commencement of thisAct, let or take on rent any premises except by an agreement in writing, which shall be informed to the RentAuthority by the landlord and tenantjointly, in the form specified in the First Schedule within a period of two months from the date of tenancy agreement. (2) Where the landlord and the tenant fail to jointly inform the execution of the tenancy agreement referred to in suFsection (1), the landlord and tenant shall separately inform the execution of tenancy agreement to the Rent Authority within a period of one month from the date of expiry of the period specified in sub-section (1 ). (3) The RentAuthority shall, within three months from the date of its appointrnent, put in place a digital platform in the official language of the State for enabling submission of documents in such form and manner as may be prescribed. (4) The RentAuthonty shall, after receiving information about the execution of tenancy agreement along with the documents specilied in the First Schedule, - (a) provide a unique identification number to the parties; and (b) upload details of the tenancy agreement on its website in the official language ofthe State, within seven working days from the date of receipt of such information, in such manner along with such documents as it may deem fit. (5) The terms of authorisation of the properly manager, if any, by the landlord to deal with the tenant shall be such as agreed to by the landlord and tenant in that behalf in the tenancy agreement. (6) The information provided under suFsection (1) and sub-section (2) of this section shall be conclusive proof of the facts relating to tenancy and matters connected therewith, and in the absence of any statement of information, the landlord and the tenant shall not be entitled to any relief underthe provisions of this Act. ('l) Every tenancy entered into after the commencement of thisAct shall be valid for a period as agreed upon between the landlord and the tenant and as specified in the tenancy agreement. (2) The tenant may request the landlord for renewal or extension of the tenancy, within the period agreed to in the tenancy agreement, and if agreeable to the landlord, may enter into a new tenancy agreementwith the landlord on mutually agreed terms and conditions. (3) Where a tenancy for a fixed term ends and has not been renewed or the tenant fails to vacate the premises at the end of such tenancy, then such tenant shall be liable to pay an enhanced rent to the landlord as provided in section 23. Provided that notwithstianding anything contained in this sectlon, if the term of tenancy expires at a time when the locality where the premises let out on rent is situated is afiected by any disastrous event beyond the control of Landlord ortenant or of force majeure, then, subject to requisition by the tenant, the landlord shall allow the tenant to continue in possession of the said premises till a period ofone month from the date of cessatjon of such disastrous event on the same terms and conditions ofthe tenancy agreement already entered into Explanatiorr-For the purposes of this section, 'force ma.ieure' means a situation of war, flood, drought, fire, cyclone' earthquake, civil commotion or any other calamity caused by nature affectng the habitation ofthe tenant ln the premises let out on rent. The terms of agreement executed between landlord and tenant, shall be binding upon their successors in the event of the death o, the landlord or tenant, as the case may be, and in such case, the successors of the deceased landlord or tenant shall have the same rights and obligations as agreed b in the tenancy agreement for the remaining period of such tenancy. Tenancy agreemenL Period of tenancy. Rights and obligations of successor in case of death 5 6 4