Section 106 of Transfer of Property Act - Duration of certain leases in absence of written contract or local usage
Section 106 Transfer of Property Act Description
In the absence of a contract or local law or usage to the contrary, a lease of immovable property for agricultural or manufacturing purpose shall be deemed to be a lease from year to year, terminable, on the part of either lessor or lessee, by six month's notice expiring with the end of a year of the tenancy ; and lease of immovable property for any other purposes shall be deemed to be a lessee from month to month, terminable, on the part of either lessor or lease, by fifteen day's notice expiring with the end of a month of the tenancy.
Every notice under this section must be in writing signed by or on behalf of the person giving it, and [either be sent by post to the party who is intended to be bound by it or be tendered or delivered personally to such party], or to one of his family or servants at his residence, or (if such tender or delivery is not practicable) affixed to a conspicuous part of the property.
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