Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Water charges paid by owners but not recovered from occupiers not to operate to diminish annual rent for purposes of section 154.— If the owner of any premises has paid to the Commissioner the sum of water charges in respect of water supplied to the premises and though entitled to recover from the person in actual occupation of the said premises a sum as determined under section 173A, omits or fails to recover the same wholly or in part for whatever reason the fact of the omission or failure to recover such sum shall not operate to diminish the amount of the annual rent of the said premises calculated for the purposes of section 154.] 1[173BA. Section 173B not to have effect.— On and from the date of adoption of capital value as the base, for levy of property taxes under section 140A, the provisions of section 173B shall cease to have effect.] 2[173BB. Owner of premises entitled to recover sewerage charges from occupiers of tenements.— If the premises in respect of which the sewerage charges in lieu of a sewerage tax are recovered from the owner of the premises or any person acting on his behalf, such owner shall be entitled to recover the sum of such charges pro-rata from the occupiers of the tenements, in proportion to the amount of the rent for which each of such tenements is let: Provided that if— (a) any of the tenements is in the occupation of the owner or any person acting on his behalf, or (b) by the terms of the tenancy, the owner has agreed to pay the sewerage charges for an occupier of a tenement, the amount payable pro-rata in respect of such tenement shall not be recovered from the occupiers of other tenements.] 3[173C. Occupier of premises entitled to recover water taxes and charges from owner when he is not bound to pay but pays them to Commissioner.— If, under the terms of the tenancy, the rent for any premises is inclusive of water taxes or water charges for supply of water by measurement and the person in actual occupation of the premises has, on behalf of the owner thereof, paid to the Commissioner any water taxes or water charges in respect of the premises, such person shall be entitled to recover from, the owner the amount so paid and may deduct the amount from the rent which from time to time becomes due to the owner.]