The Government have decided to enact the Tamil Nadu Regulation Of Right And Responsibilities Of Landlords And… — THE TAMIL NADU REGULATION OF RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF LANDLORDS AND TENANTS ACT, 2017

The Government have decided to enact the Tamil Nadu Regulation Of Right And Responsibilities Of Landlords And Tenants Act, 2017 on the lines of the mode bill suggested by the Government of India. The new Law aims to regulate the rent as per the terms and conditions of the agreement to be entered into between the owner of the premises and the tenant. It also aims to balance the rights and responsibilities of the landlord and the tenant and provide regulation of the rent as per the agreement.

4. The Government have decided to enact the Tamil Nadu Regulation Of Right And Responsibilities Of Landlords And Tenants Act, 2017 on the lines of the mode bill suggested by the Government of India. The new Law aims to regulate the rent as per the terms and conditions of the agreement to be entered into between the owner of the premises and the tenant. It also aims to balance the rights and responsibilities of the landlord and the tenant and provide regulation of the rent as per the agreement. The Bill seeks to give effect to the above decision. UDUMALAI K. RADHAKRISHNAN, Minister for Housing and Urban Development. MEMORANDUM REGARDING DELEGATED LEGISLATION Clauses (3), 3(e), 4(3), 4(6), 12, 14(1), 21(2)(b), 22(2), 24(2), 31(1), 31(2), 32(1), 34(1) 35(1)(i), 37(1) and 45 of the Bill authorizes the Government to make rule or to issue notification or order, as the case may be, for the purposes specified therein. The powers delegated are normal and not of an exceptional character. UDUMALAI K. RADHAKRISHNAN, Minister for Housing and Urban Development. K. BOOPATHY, Secretary (In-charge). Tamil Nadu Act 11 of 1971. Under Rule 130 of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Rules, the following Bill which was introduced in the Legislative Assembly of the State of Tamil Nadu on 14th July, 2017 is published together with Statement of Objects and Reasons for general information:— L.A. Bill No. 39 of 2017. A Bill further to amend the Tamil Nadu Slum Areas (Improvement and Clearance) Act, 1971 . BE it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Tamil Nadu in the Sixty-eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows:- (1) This Act may be called the Tamil Nadu Slum Areas (Improvement and Clearance) Amendment Act, 2017. It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 10th day of March 1997. In section 35 of the Tamil Nadu Slum Areas (Improvement and Clearance) Act, 1971 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act),_ in sub-section (1), for the expression "a Chairman", the expression "a Chairman, a Managing Director" shall be substituted; in sub-section (2), for the expression "The Chairman", the expression "The Chairman, the Managing Director" shall be substituted; after sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:- "(2A) The Managing Director shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Board." In section 37 of the principal Act, sub-section (2) shall be omitted. Notwithstanding anything contained in the principal Act,- (a) anything done or any action taken by the Managing Director of the Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board during the period commencing on the 10th day of March 1997 and ending with the date of publication of the Tamil Nadu Slum Areas (Improvement and Clearance) Amendment Act, 2017 in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the principal Act, as amended by this Act; (b) any meeting of the Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board held during the period commencing on the 10 th day of March 1997 and ending with the date of publication of the Tamil Nadu Slum Areas (Improvement and Clearance) Amendment Act, 2017 in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette in which the Managing Director had participated shall for all purposes be deemed to be and to have always been validly held in accordance with law as if the principal Act as amended by this Act had been in force at all material times and any act done or decision taken or proceeding conducted in such meeting shall not be liable to be questioned in any court of law. Short title and commencement. Amendment of section 35. Amendment of section 37. Validation. STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS. At present, there is no provision in the Tamil Nadu Slum Areas (Improvement and Clearance) Act, 1971 (Tamil Nadu Act 11 of 1971) for appointment of the Managing Director to the Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board and to act as Member of the Board. However, the Managing Director of the said Board had been acting as one of the Members of the said Board with effect from 10th March, 1997 and he has also been exercising the powers and performing the duties of Chief Executive Officer of the said Board. As the services of the Managing Director to the said Board on whole time basis are absolutely necessary, the Government have decided to include Managing Director as Member of the Board as well as Chief Executive Officer of the said Board and designate the Secretary in the Board as Secretary to the Board. Accordingly, it has been decided to amend the said Tamil Nadu Act 11 of 1971 for the above said purpose and also to validate the participation of the Managing Director in the meeting of the Board and action taken by him. The Bill seeks to give effect to the above decision. UDUMALAI K. RADHAKRISHNAN, Minister for Housing and Urban Development Department. K. BOOPATHY, Secretary (In-charge).

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