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Code. 4 (4) No tenant shall be entitled to anv benefit under this section in respect of any house if he is a defaulter, that is, if he has not paid the rent due by him in respect of such house to the full extent allow able under this Act within the time fixed in the contract with his landlord or in the absence of any such contract, by the fifteenth day of the month next following that for which the rent is pavable and, where any rent has accrued due before the commencement of this Act, if he has not also paid within three months of the date of such commencement all arrears of rent clue by him in respect of such house to the full extent allowable by this Act. (5) Where the landlord refuses to accept rent offered by his tenant, the tenant may, within a fortnight of its becoming due, deposit in Court the amount of such rent together with process-fees for service of notice upon the landlord (or upon each of the landlords, where the landlords number more than one), and on receiving such deposit, the Court shah cause a notice of the receipt of such deposit to be served on the landlord (or each of the landlords) and tlje amount of the deposit may thereafter be withdrawn by the landlord on application made by him to the Court in that behalf. A tenant who has made such deposit shall not be treated as a defaulter under sub-section ^4) of this section. Duties of