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(1) No rent deposited under section'19 shall be con- sidered to have been validly deposited under that section for purposes of clause (i) of the proviso to sub-section (1) of section 12, unless deposited within fifteen days of the time fixed by contract for payment of the rent, or in the absence of such contract unless deposited within the first day of the second month next following that for which the rent was payable. The West Bengal Premises Rent Control (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1950. XVII of 1950.] (Chapter IV.—Deposit of rent.—Chapter V.—Hotels and Lodging Houses.—Sections 21-25.) (2) Nor shall such deposit 'be considered to have been validly made for purposes of the said clause if any state- ments in the tenant's application depositing the rent, whether made designedly or with gross negligence, were calculated to prevent the landlord from receiving payment from the Controller, unless the landlord has received such payment before the date of filing suit for recovery of pos- session of premises from the tenant. (3) If the rent is deposited within the time mentioned in sub-section (1), and does not cease to be a valid deposit for the reason mentioned in sub-section (2), the deposit shall con- stitute payment of rent to the landlord if the amount deposited would have been valid legal tender of rent if tendered to the landlord on the date fixed by contract for payment of rent when there is such a contract, or• in the absence of such contract on the fifteenth day of the month next -following that for which rent is payable.