Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject matter or context,— (a) “ Court” means the Court of ordinary Civil Jurisdiction in the area in which a house is situated which would be competent to pass a decree for the eviction of a tenant from that house ; (b) “ house” means any building, hut or shed, or any part thereof, let or to be let separately for residential or non-residential purposes, and inclu des-* (t) the garden, ground and out-house, if any appurtenant to such building, hut, shed 4 or part thereof; and (ii) any furniture supplied by the landlord for use by the tenant in such house, but does not include any premises belonging to the State Government or Central Government or a Local Authority ; (c) “landlord” means any person who is, for the time being receiving, ox entitled to receive rent in respect of any house whether on his own account, or on account, or on behalf, or for the benefit of any other person, or as a trustee guardi: a or receiver for any other person ; and includes in respect of his sub tenant, a tenant who has sublet any house and further includes every person not being a tenant who from time to time derives title under a landlord but does not include the State Government or Central Government « or a Local Authority ; (d) “ pucca structure” means a structure with— (i) cemented, or wooden floor, (ii) iron, brick or concrete posts, and (iii) roof of reinforced concrete, or of galvanised iron, aluminium or asbestos sheets ; (e) “standard rent” in relation to any house means the rent calculated on the basis of annual pay ment of an amount equal to seven and half per cent of the aggregate amount of the cost of construction and the market price of the land on the date of commence ment of the construction together with the total muni cipal taxes payable in respect of the house, and monthly rent shall be equal to one-twelfth of the annual payment so calculated. Explanation.— For the purpose of this sub-clause, cost of construction shall mean the actual cost required for the construction of the house less depreciation at 1 per 18 cent for a building with pucca structure and 2 per cent for a building with non-pucca structure per annum of that amount from the actual date of com pletion of construction of the house provided that if the house was originally constructed as a smaller house or a non-pucca structure and was subsequently extended or developed into a pucca structure, the depreciation in respect of the portion so extended or developed shall be calculated from the date of completion of the extension or development. ( f ) “ tenant” means any person by whom or on whose behalf rent is payable for any house and include every person who from time to time derives title under a tenant ; (g) “ urban area” means any area declared to be ©r included in, a municipality under the provisions of sub-section (2) of section 5 of the Assam Municipal Assam An Act, i956 or declared to be a notified area under the x v o f *e 5 7' provisions of sub section (4) of section 33 4 of the said A c t n of Act, and includes a Cantonment as defined in section