TPA Section 114: Relief against forfeiture for non-payment of rent
Transfer of Property Act, 1882 · Chapter 5: Leases of immovable property
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114. Relief against forfeiture for non-payment of rent.—Where a lease of immoveable property has determined by forfeiture for non-payment of rent, and the lessor sues to eject the lessee, if, at the hearing of the suit, the lessee pays or tenders to the lessor the rent in arrear, together with interest thereon and his full costs of the suit, or gives such security as the Court thinks sufficient for making such payment within fifteen days, the Court may, in lieu of making a decree for ejectment, pass an order relieving the lessee against the forfeiture; and thereupon the lessee shall hold the property leased as if the forfeiture had not occurred.
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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
- 112. Waiver of forfeiture
- 113. Waiver of notice to quit
- 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