TPA Section 112: Waiver of forfeiture
Transfer of Property Act, 1882 · Chapter 5: Leases of immovable property
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112. Waiver of forfeiture.—A forfeiture under section 111, clause (g) is waived by acceptance of rent which has become due since the forfeiture, or by distress for such rent, or by any other act on the part of the lessor showing an intention to treat the lease as subsisting: Provided that the lessor is aware that the forfeiture has been incurred: Provided also that, where rent is accepted after the institution of a suit to eject the lessee on the ground of forfeiture; such acceptance is not a waiver.
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
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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
- 111. Determination of lease
- 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