Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
osit of rent by tenant on refusal of the landlord to accept of doubt or dispute as to the person entitled to receive it. · ( 1 ) If the Ian lord or his authorized agent refuses or neglects to pass to the tenant the r ceipt referred to in sub section (2) of section 1 5 , the Controller may, on. an application made to him in this behalf by the tenant within two months fro the date of payment and after hearing the landlord or his authorized gent, by order direct the landlord or his authorized agent to pay to the t nant, by way of damages, such sum not exceeding double the amount of onthly rent or other charges paid by the tenant and the costs of the appli ation and shall also grant a certificate to the tenant in respect of the rent r other charges paid. (2) If the I ndlord or his authorised agent refuses to accept or evades acceptance of receipt of rent and other charges, the tenant may, by notice in writing, sk the landlord to supply him the particulars of his bank account in bank located near to the building. (3) If the la dlord furnishes the particulars of his bank account, the tenant shall depo it the .rent and other charges payable in such bank account from time t time. (4) If the Ian lord does not furnish the particulars of the bank account under sub-section (2), the tena t shall remit the rent and the other charges payable to the landlord, from time to time, hrough postal money order after deducting the necessary postal charges. (5) Where ny, bonafide doubt or dispute has arisen as to the person who is entitled o receive any rent in respect of any building, the tenant may deposit su h rent in the prescribed manner with the controller, stating the circumstan es under which such deposit is made, and, may until such doubt has een removed or such dispute has been settled by the decision of any co petent court or by settlement between the parties, continue to deposit in like manner, the rent that may subsequently become due in respect of uch building. 52 (6) When a deposit has been made under sub-section (5), the amount of such deposit shall be held by the Controller pending the removal of the doubt or the settlement of the dispute which has arises as to the person, , who is entitled to receive the rent, either by the decision of a competent court or by settlement between the parties, and the amount of such deposit may be withdrawn by the person who is declared by such court to be entitled to it or who is held by the Controller to be entitled to it in accordance with the settlement.