1. Short title.—This Act may be called the East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction (Chandigarh
Amendment) Act, 1982.
2. [East Punjab Act III of 1949.] Rep. by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1988 (19 of 1988), s. 2
and the First Schedule (w.e.f. 31-3-1988).
3. [Amendment of section 2.] Rep. by s. 2 and the First Schedule, ibid. (w.e.f. 31-3-1988).
4. Special provision as to pending cases.—The provisions of the principal Act, as amended by this
Act, shall apply to and in relation to every case, under the principal Act, for eviction of a tenant from a
building let under a single tenancy for use for the purpose of business or trade and also for the purpose of
residence which is pending immediately before the commencement of this Act, and any order made in
such case before such commencement by any authority, shall, on an application made in this behalf to
such authority, be modified so as to be in conformity with the provisions of the principal Act as amended
by this Act.
Explanation.—For the purposes of this section, a case relating to eviction of a tenant shall be deemed
to be pending—
(a) if no order has been made in such case for the eviction or otherwise of the tenant; or
(b) if an order has been made in such case for the eviction of the tenant and such order remains to
be executed.