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determined by the authority referred to in sub section (5): Provided that an application for determination of such rent. by the • owner or the tenant shall not, except for suffici~n t cause, be enterlained by auch authority after the expiry of ninety days from the complet.ion of the work of improvement or re·erection of the building, as the case· may be. (5) The authority to which the application referred to in sub section (4) shall be made shall be,- (a) where there 1s a general law relating to the control of rents in force in the area in which the building is situate, the authority to whom applications may be made for fixing of rents of buildings situate in that ·area; and for the purpose of determining the rent under chis section that authority may exercise all or any of the powers it has under ~the said general law; and the provisions of such law mcluding prov1sions relating to appeals shall apply accordingly; - · (b) if there is no such law in force in that area, such authonty as • may be specihed by rules made in this behalf by the Government, and such rutes may provide for the prOC'!dure that wilJ be followed by that authority in determining tlle rent and also for appeals against the decision of such a authority. • (6) Where the rent is finally determjned under ~this sectjon, then the amount of rene paid by the tenant shall be adjusted against the unt so finally determined and if the amount so paid falls short of, or is in excess of, the rent finally determined, the tenant shall pay the deficiency, or be entitled to a refund, as the case may be.