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In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- 1[(a) "Appellate Authority" means the Appellate Authority appointed under sub-section (1) of section 50 of this Act;] 2[(b) ***]; (c) "Landlord" means a person who, for the time being is receiving or is entitled to receive the rent of any premises, whether on his own account or on account of or on behalf of, or for the benefit of any other person or as a trustee, guardian or receiver for any other person or who would so receive the rent or be entitled to receive the rent, if the premises were let to a tenant; (d) "Lawful increase" means an increase in the rent permitted under the provisions of this Act; 3[(e) ***]; (f) "non-residential premises" means premises being used solely for the purpose of business or trade; Provided that the residence in the premises only for the purpose of guarding it shall not be deemed to convert a "non-residential premises" to a "residential premises"; (g) "Premises" means any building or part of a building which is or is intended to be let separately, for use a 1Substituted by Punjab Act No. 23 of 2014, Section 2 2Omitted by Punjab Act No. 23 of 2014, Section 2 3Omitted by Punjab Act No. 23 of 2014, Section 2 Definitions. 8 residence or for non- residential use or for any other purpose, and includes, - (i) the garden ground and out-houses, if any, appertaining to such building or part of building but does not include the upper side of roof (Terrace); (ii) any fittings to such building or part of the building for the more beneficial enjoyment thereof; (h) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (i) "Rent Authority" means an authority appointed under sub-section (1) of Section 36 and includes an additional Rent Authority appointed under sub- section (2) of that section; (j) "residential premises" means any building which is not non- residential premises; 1[(k) ***]; (l) "SCF" means a Shop-cum-Flat but the shop and flat will be treated as two separate premises i.e. shop as Non-residential or commercial building and flat as residential building. In case of composite rent agreement the rent for residential premises will be treated equal to one-third of total rent; (m) "tenant" means any person by whom or on whose account or behalf the rent of any premises is or, but for special contract, would be payable, and include, - (i) a sub-tenant; 1Omitted by Punjab Act No. 33 of 2013, Section 2 9 (ii) any person continuing in possession after the termination of his tenancy, but does not include- (I) any person against whom an order or decree for eviction has been made, except where such decree or order for eviction is liable to be re- opened; (II) any person to whom a licence as defined in section 52 of the Indian Easements Act, 1882, has been granted; 1[(n) ***]; (o) "urban area" means any area administered by a Municipal Corporation, Municipal Council, Nagar Panchayat, or a Cantonment Board or any area declared by the State Government, by notification in the Official Gazette, to be urban for the purposes of this Act. 2[3. (1) Nothing in this Act shall apply,- (a) to any premises let out before the commencement of this Act; (b) to any premises belonging to or let out to the State Government or the Government of India or a local authority; (c) to any premises constructed on or after the commencement of this Act, for a period of fifteen years from the date of completion of construction; 1Omitted by Punjab Act No. 23 of 2014, Section 2 2Substituted by Punjab Act No. 33 of 2013, Section 3 Premises exempted from the operation of the Act. 10 Explanation I. - The expression "date of completion of construction" shall mean the date of completion as intimated to the concerned authority or of assessment to property tax, whichever is earlier, and, where the premises has been constructed in stages, the date on which the initial building was completed and an intimation thereof was sent to the concerned authority or was assessed to property tax, whichever is earlier. Explanation II. - The expression "premises constructed" shall include- (i) re-building of more than seventy-five per cent of an existing building; and (ii) additional construction to an existing building; (d) to any premises let out to citizens of a foreign country or an embassy, High commission, legation or commission of a foreign State or such international organization, as may be specified by the State Government, by notification in the Official Gazette; (e) to any premises belonging to such religious, charitable or educational trust or class of trusts, as may be specified by the State Government, by notification in the Official Gazette; (f) to any premises let out by a hire-purchaser, lessee or sub- lessee (by whatever name called), who has been allotted such premises by the Punjab Urban Development Authority or any other local authority by way of an agreement of hire- purchase, lease or sub-lease, even before the full ownership rights accrue to such hire-purchaser, lessee or sub-lessee, as the case may be. 11 (2) For non-residential premises, contract renting shall be admissible during the subsisting period of contract. Such premises shall be governed by the conditions of the contract and litigation under any other law shall not be permissible. A landlord violating the conditions laid down in the contract and agreed to by the parties shall not be entitled for rent for the period of violation and if the tenant violates the conditions, he shall be liable to pay double the rent for the period, in question, in addition to immediate dispossession through the Rent Authority.]