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Section 107 TPA — Leases how made

The Transfer of Property Act, 1882 · Official PDF page 38

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107. Leases how made .—A lease of immoveable property from year to year, or for any term exceeding one year, or reserving a yearly rent, can be made only by a registered instrument. 2[All other leases of immoveable property may be made either by a registered instrument or by oral agreement accompanied by delivery of possession. 3 [Where a lease of immoveable property is made by a registered instrument, such instrument or, where there are more instruments than one, each such instrument shall be executed by both the lessor and the lessee:]

Provided that the State Government may, 4*** from tim e to time, by notification in the Official Gazette, direct that leases of immoveable property, other than leases from year to year, or for any term exceeding one year, or reserving a yearly rent, or any class of such leases, may be made by unregistered ins trument or by oral agreement without delivery of possession.]

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