Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) (a) Every landlord shall, within ten days after the building becomes vacant by his ceasing to occupy it, or by the termination of a tenancy, or by the eviction of the tenant or by release from requisition or otherwise, give notice of the vacancy in writing to the officer authorised in that behalf by the Government. Explanation.- A landlord who, having obtained possession of a building under sub-section (3) of section 10 lets the whole or part of it to a tenant shall be deemed to have failed to give notice under this section. Notice of vacancy. 4 [Act No.XV of 1960] (b) Every notice given under clause (a) shall contain such particulars as may be prescribed. (2) 5[In any Municipal Corporation or in any Municipality] (including the cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad, 6[Visakhapatnam and Vijayawada]) to which this sub-section has been applied under clause (b) of sub-section (2) of section 1, where the tenant of a building puts another person in occupation thereof and does not re-occupy it within a period of three months, then, on the expiry of such period, the tenancy shall be deemed to have terminated and it shall be the duty of the tenant, and also of the landlord if he is aware of such terminaiion, to give notice thereof in writing to the authorised officer within seven days of such termination: Provided that where the tenant obtains written permission from the authorised officer to re-occupy the building within a period of six months, this sub-section shall have effect as if for the period of three months specified therein a period of six months were substituted. Explanation.- This sub-section shall not apply where the building has been sub-let by a tenant entitled to do so, after giving due notice to the authorised officer under sub-section (1) and in conformity with the provisions of this section. (3) If, within fifteen days of the receipt by the authorised officer of a notice under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2), the Government or the authorised officer does not intimate to the landlord in writing that the building is required for the purposes of the State Government or the Central Government or of any local authority or of any public institution under the control of any such Government or for