Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— (a) “agreement” or “tenancy agreement” means the written agreement executed by the landlord and the tenant as required under this Act; (b) “Government” means the State Government; (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 of any person or who would so receive the rent or be entitled to receive the rent, if the premises were let to a tenant, and shall include his successor-in-interest; (d) “local authority” means,— (i) a town panchayat or municipality constituted under the Tamil Nadu District Municipalities Act, 1920; and (ii) a municipal corporation established under any law for the time being in force; (iii) a cantonment board constituted under the Cantonments Act, 2006; (e) “person with disability” has the same meaning as assigned to it in clause (s) of section 2 of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016; (f) “premises” means any building or part of a building which is, or is intended to be, let separately for the purpose of residence or for commercial or for educational use, except for industrial use and includes— (i) the garden, grounds and out-houses, if any, appertaining to such building or part of the building; (ii) any fitting to such building or part of the building for the more beneficial enjoyment thereof, but does not include hotel, lodging house, dharamshala or inn, or the like.; Short title, extent and commencement. Tamil Nadu Act V of