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TPA Chapter 5: Leases of immovable property

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What this part covers

A lease transfers a right to enjoy property, not ownership. Duration, formalities and termination are separate questions.

Key provisions

  1. Section 105. Lease defined
  2. Section 106. Duration of certain leases in absence of written contract or local usage
  3. Section 107. Leases how made
  4. Section 108. Rights and liabilities of lessor and lessee
  5. Section 109. Rights of lessor's transferee
  6. Section 110. Exclusion of day on which term commences
  7. Section 111. Determination of lease
  8. Section 112. Waiver of forfeiture
  9. Section 113. Waiver of notice to quit
  10. Section 114. Relief against forfeiture for non-payment of rent
  11. Section 114A. Relief against forfeiture in certain other cases
  12. Section 115. Effect of surrender and forfeiture on underleases
  13. Section 116. Effect of holding over
  14. Section 117. Exemption of leases for agricultural purposes

Study check

Chapter 5: study check

Choose an answer, then check it. Scoring stays in your browser and every explanation links to the statutory text.

  1. 1.When does section 106(2)'s notice period commence?
  2. 2.Does merely staying after expiry conclusively establish holding over?

Official reference: Government of India reference, hosted by Andhra Pradesh High Court — checked: 30 September 2026.Central reference text reproduced from the linked government PDF, with footnotes and separately labelled state amendments left in the original. It includes the 2001/2003 changes and the 2019 territorial-extension note. The checking date is not a certification that every state rule is current. Consult the original schedule, territorial notifications and applicable state law separately.Read the original schedule and amendment notes