Maharashtra Rent Control Act, 1999
21. Landlord to Intimate to tenant date of
completion and tenant's right to occupy Premises in new building.
(1) The landlord shall, not less than three
months before the date on which the erection of the new building or, as the
case may be, new floor or floors is likely to be completed, intimate to the
tenant, the date on which the said erection shall be completed. On the said
date, the tenant shall be entitled to occupy the premises assigned to him by
the landlord.
(2) (a) If the tenant fails to occupy the
premises within a period of one month from the date on which he is entitled to
occupy it under sub-section (1), the tenant's right to occupy the said premises
under the said sub-section shall terminate; and the landlord shall be entitled
to recover from the tenant a sum equal to three times the amount of the monthly
standard rent in respect of the premises.
(b) If the landlord
fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with the provisions of sub-section
(1) or to place the tenant in occupation of the premises, he shall, without
prejudice to his liability to place the tenant in vacant possession of the
premises on conviction, be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may
extend to three months or with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees or
with both.