Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Act not to apply to certain premises.—(1) Nothing in this Act shall apply to any— (a) premises owned or promoted by the Central Government or the Government of Jammu and Kashmir or local authority or a Government undertaking or enterprise or a statutory body or Cantonment Board; (b) premises owned by a company, University or organization given on rent to its employees as part of service contract; (c) premises owned by religious or charitable institutions as may be specified, by notification by the Government; (d) premises owned by Auqaf registered under the Waqf Act, 1995 (43 of 1995) or by any trust registered under the public trust law of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir for the time being in force; and (e) other building or category of buildings specifically exempted in public interest by notification by the Government. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), if the 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 under section 4. CHAPTER II TENANCY