Forfeiture or cancellation of lease for non-payment of rent or breach of conditions
36 Forfeiture or cancellation of lease for non-payment of rent or breach of conditions
The Minister may cancel any lease granted by the Minister where–
the rent payable in respect thereof is not paid for a period exceeding one month after it has become due and the rent remains unpaid at the end of the period specified in the notice served on the lessee by the Minister– requesting the lessee to pay the rent within the period specified in the notice; and advising the lessee that the lease will be cancelled if the rent and interest thereon at the prescribed rate is not paid within the period so specified; or the Minister considers that the lessee has committed a breach of any condition of the lease and, upon notice served on the lessee by the Minister specifying the breach and requiring the lessee to satisfy the Minister within the period specified in the notice that the lessee has not committed the breach, the lessee fails to so satisfy the Minister.
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