G.O.(Ms.) No.100, Date of Coming into Force of Tamil Nadu Act 19 of 2022
The Housing and Urban Development (HB3(1)) Department issued Government Order (Ms.) No. 100, dated 8 June 2022, appointing 10 June 2022 as the date on which the Tamil Nadu Regulation of Rights and Responsibilities of Landlords and Tenants (Amendment) Act, 2022 comes into force. The notification was ordered to be published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extraordinary dated 10 June 2022.
What the government order does
Government Order (Ms.) No. 100, dated 8 June 2022, was issued by the Housing and Urban Development (HB3(1)) Department. It brings the Tamil Nadu Regulation of Rights and Responsibilities of Landlords and Tenants (Amendment) Act, 2022, identified as Tamil Nadu Act 19 of 2022, into force from 10 June 2022.
The government order does not set out the detailed rights or responsibilities created or changed by the amendment Act. Its specific purpose is to appoint the date on which that Act becomes legally operative.
Who may be affected
The Tamil Nadu Regulation of Rights and Responsibilities of Landlords and Tenants (Amendment) Act, 2022 concerns landlords and tenants. People dealing with a landlord and tenant matter may therefore need to know that the amendment Act took effect on 10 June 2022.
The source does not describe how individual tenancy rights, duties, disputes or procedures were amended. Those details would need to be checked in Tamil Nadu Act 19 of 2022 itself.
Key provisions
- The Governor of Tamil Nadu appointed 10 June 2022 as the commencement date for Tamil Nadu Act 19 of 2022.
- The appointment was made using the power under sub-section (2) of section 1 of the Tamil Nadu Regulation of Rights and Responsibilities of Landlords and Tenants (Amendment) Act, 2022.
- The appended notification was to be published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extraordinary dated 10 June 2022.
- The government order records that the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extraordinary dated 25 April 2022, published in Part IV, Section 2, had been read.
- The order was issued by order of the Governor and signed by the Principal Secretary to Government, Hitesh Kumar S. Makwana.
Practical significance
Government Order (Ms.) No. 100 establishes the effective date of the 2022 amendment. For a tenancy issue involving timing, 10 June 2022 is the date from which Tamil Nadu Act 19 of 2022 came into force. The government order itself does not address property sales, ownership transfers, land classification or title registration.
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Common questions
When did the Tamil Nadu landlords and tenants amendment Act come into force?
The Tamil Nadu Regulation of Rights and Responsibilities of Landlords and Tenants (Amendment) Act, 2022 came into force on 10 June 2022.
Which department issued the commencement order?
The Housing and Urban Development (HB3(1)) Department issued Government Order (Ms.) No. 100, dated 8 June 2022.
Does the government order explain the amended rights of landlords and tenants?
No. The government order appoints the commencement date but does not set out the detailed amendments to landlord and tenant rights or responsibilities.
Was the commencement notification published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette?
The order directed that the appended notification be published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extraordinary dated 10 June 2022.
