Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958
18. Sub-tenant to be tenant in certain cases.
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(1) Where an order for eviction in respect of
any premises is made under section 14 against a tenant but not against a
sub-tenant referred to in section 17 and a notice of the sub-tenancy has been
given to the landlord, the sub-tenant shall, with effect from the date of the
order, be deemed to become a tenant holding directly under the landlord in
respect of the premises in his occupation on the same terms and conditions on
which the tenant would have held from the landlord, if the tenancy had
continued.
(2) Where, before the commencement of this
Act, the interest of a tenant in respect of any premises has been determined
without determining the interest of any sub-tenant to whom the premises has
been determined without determining the interest of any sub-tenant to whom the
premises either in whole or in part had been lawfully sub-let, the sub-tenant
shall, with effect from the date of the commencement of this Act, be deemed to
have become a tenant holding directly under the landlord on the same terms and
conditions on which the tenant would have held from the landlord , if the
tenancy had continued.