TPA Section 111: Determination of lease
Transfer of Property Act, 1882 · Chapter 5: Leases of immovable property
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111. Determination of lease.—A lease of immoveable property determines— (a) by efflux of the time limited thereby: (b) where such time is limited conditionally on the happening of some event—by the happening of such event: (c) where the interest of the lessor in the property terminates on, or his power to dispose of the same extends only to, the happening of any event—by the happening of such event: (d) in case the interests of the lessee and the lessor in the whole of the property become vested at the same time in one person in the same right: (e) by express surrender; that is to say, in case the lessee yields up his interest under the lease to the lessor, by mutual agreement between them: (f) by implied surrender: (g) by forfeiture; that is to say, (1) in case the lessee breaks an express condition which provides that, on breach thereof, the lessor may re-enter ***; or (2) in case the lessee renounces his character as such by setting up a title in a third person or by claiming title in himself; [or (3) the lessee is adjudicated an insolvent and the lease provides that the lessor may re-enter on the happening of such event]; and in [any of these cases] the lessor or his transferee [gives notice in writing to the lessee of] his intention to determine the lease: (h) on the expiration of a notice to determine the lease, or to quit, or of intention to quit, the property leased, duly given by one party to the other. Illustration to clause (f)
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Other sections in this chapter
- 105. Lease defined
- 106. Duration of certain leases in absence of written contract or local usage
- 107. Leases how made
- 108. Rights and liabilities of lessor and lessee
- 109. Rights of lessor's transferee
- 110. Exclusion of day on which term commences
- 112. Waiver of forfeiture
- 113. Waiver of notice to quit
- 114. Relief against forfeiture for non-payment of rent
- 114A. Relief against forfeiture in certain other cases
- 115. Effect of surrender and forfeiture on underleases
- 116. Effect of holding over
- 117. Exemption of leases for agricultural purposes