Lawgist161Period for which rent is not liable to modification
Save as provided in section 163, when the rent of an occupancy, an exproprietary or a hereditary tenant has been commuted, abated or enhanced in accordance with the provisions of this Act, it shall not be liable to be commuted, abated or enhanced unless--
(i) in case of abatement or enhancement of rent--
(a) the revenue payable by the landlord has been revised; or
(b) there has occurred a decrease or increase in the productive power or the area of the land held by the tenant, as provided in clauses (b) and (c) of sections 153 and 154; or
(c) the sanctioned rates have been altered; and
(ii) in case of commutation of rent, a period of three years, or such longer period as may have been extended under section 83, has elapsed since the date of the last commutation order.
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- 151 Commutation of rent from kind to cash
- 152 Commutation of rent from cash to kind
- 153 Grounds of abatement of fixed money rent
- 154 Ground of enhancement of fixed money rent
- 155 Order for determination, commutation or variation of rent, when to take effect
- 156 Joinder of parties in cases relating to variation of rent
- 157 Determination of rent on partial ejectment
- 158 Rent, how calculated for commutation, variation or determination
- 159 Meaning of "substantial" in certain sections
- 160 Basis of variation of rent in certain cases
- 161 Period for which rent is not liable to modification
- 162 Applications for variation of rent, by whom to be entertained
