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(7) The Court shall,, on an application made before Fixing of it in this behalf by the landlord or the tenant, issue notice fair rent. upon the other party and after holding such enquiry as it thinks fit fix the amount of the monthly rent to be paid by the tenant to his landlord for any house in accordance with the provisions of section 3 of this Act. The rent so. fixed shall be binding on both the parties : Provided that if the house or any portion thereof was let during the period from the month of January, 1943, to the month of September, 1943, inclusive, the rent fixed by the Court shall not be less than, but may in case of haidship exceed by not more than 20 per cent, the average monthly rent received by the landlord during that period. Explanation.—For the purpose of section 3 and sub section (7) of section 4 of this Act, where rent was charged by the landlord or actually paid by the tenant for the same house over the aforesaid period on any basis other than a monthly one, the ( average monthly rent for such house shall be calculated as thirty times the average rent per day of the period in respect of which the rent was charged or actually paid. (2) If any house the rent of which has been fixed by the Court under sub-section (7) of this section is let, the landlord shall be entitled to charge for each month of the tenancy— (a) Where the period of the lease has not been fixed between the landlord and the tenant or does not exceed six months, the rent so fixed increased by ten per cent, thereof. * 4 (b) Where the period of lease exceeds six but does not: exceed nine months, the rent so fixed increased by five per cent, thereof. , (c) Where the period of lease exceeds nine months, the rent so fixed. Refixing of 5.(7) If, at anytime after the rent of a house has been lair rent. fixed under section 4 of this Act, any addition, improve ment or alteration (not being repairs within the meaning of the provisions of section 7) has been effected in respect of the house at the landlord’s expense, the Court may, on an application made before it in this behalf by the landlord, issue notice upon the tenant and alter making such enquiry as it thinks fit refix the rent of the house. The rent so refixed shall be binding on both the parties. (2) The increase in rent allowed under sub-section (7) of this section shall not exceed seven and half per cent, per annum of the total cost of such addition, improvement or alteration and shall not be chargeable with effect from any date earlier than the date on which such addition, impro vement or alteration was completed. Bar against