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The
IV OF 2001
23rd January 2001
An ordinance to regulate the relations between the landlords and
tenants of rented premises in the
Whereas it is
expedient to regulate the relations between the landlords and tenants of rented
premises in the
and whereas the
National Assembly and the Senate stand suspended in pursuance of the
Proclamation of Emergency of the fourteenth day of October 1999, and the
Provisional Constitution Order No. 1 of 1999;
AND whereas the
President is satisfied that circumstances exist which render it necessary to
take immediate action;
Now, THEREFORE,
in pursuance of the Proclamation of Emergency of the fourteenth day of October,
1999, and the Provisional Constitution Order No. 1 of 1999, read with the
Provisional Constitution (Amendment) Order, 1999 (Order No. 9 of 1999), and in
exercise of all powers enabling him in that behalf, the President of the
Islamic Republic of Pakistan is pleased to make and promulgate the following
Ordinance;---
1. Short title, extent, application and
commencement. -(1) This Ordinance may he called the Islamabad Rent
Restriction Ordinance, 2001.
(2) It shall extend to such urban area of
(3) It shall come into force at once.
2. Definitions.
-In this Ordinance, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or
context,---
(a) 'Authority' means the Capital Development Authority established under the
Capital Development Authority Ordinance, I960 (XXIII of 1960);
(b) 'building' means any building or part thereof, together with all fittings
and fixtures therein, if any, and includes any vacant land, garden, ground,
godown and out-house attached or appurtenant thereto, but does not include any place
of religious worship;
(c) 'commercial building' means a building constructed and used solely for the
purpose of an office, business or trade;
(d) 'Controller' means a Controller of Rents appointed by the Federal
Government from amongst persons holding a judicial office and includes an
Additional Controller of Rent under this Ordinance;
(e) 'fair rent' means the rent of any building determined by the Controller
under this Ordinance.
(t) 'family' means spouse, dependent children and dependent parents;
(g) 'landlord' means the owner of the premises and includes any person for the
time being authorized or entitled to receive rent in respect of any building or
rented land, whether on his own account or on behalf, or for the benefit, of
any other person, or as a trustee, guardian or receiver, and or a tenant who,
being authorized under the terms of his lease so to do, sublets the building
and every other person for the lime being deriving title from the landlord;
(h) 'rented land' means any land let separately for the purpose of being used
principally for business or trade;
(i) 'residential building' means any building used for the purpose of
residence, but does not include an office, a boarding house, hostel, or motel;
and
(j) 'tenant' means any person who undertakes or is bound to pay rent as
consideration for the possession or occupation of a building or rented land by
him or by any other person on his behalf, and includes,---
(i) any person who continues lo be in possession or occupation after the termination
of his tenancy; and
(ii) in the event of the death of the tenet, the members of his family who
continue to he in possession or occupation of the building or rented land; and
(k) 'Urban area' means such area or areas of the
3. Power to exempt. -The Federal
Government may, by notification in official Gazette, direct that all or any of
the provisions of this Ordinance not apply to such building or buildings as
are, or may be, used as Government offices:---
Provided that such exemption shall not extend beyond the period of five from
the date of completion of construction of such building as certified by the
Authority.
4. Ordinance to override other Laws. -The provisions of this Ordinance shall have effect
notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in
force, or in any instrument or document.
5. Agreement between landlord and
tenant. -(1) Every agreement for letting out a building or rented land
shall be in writing and if such agreement is not compulsorily registerable
under any law for the time being in force, it shall he attested the Controller
by signing and affixing his seal thereto or any Civil Judge or Magistrate of
the 1st Class:
Provided that nothing in this section shall affect any agreement executed
between the landlord and tenant and in force immediately before the commencement
of this Ordinance.
(2) A certified copy of an agreement for letting out a building or rented land
where such agreement is compulsorily registerable under any law or where the
agreement is not so registerable, the original deed duly attested under sub-section
(1), shall he produced and accepted in evidence as a proof of the relationship
of landlord and tenant.
6. Tenure of tenancy. - Subject
to the provisions of section 17, no tenancy shall be valid beyond such period
as the landlord and tenant may, by mutual agreement, fix before or after the
commencement of the tenancy:---
Provided that a tenancy in force before the commencement of this Ordinance for
which no period is fixed shall cease to be valid on the expiration of a period
of two years from such commencement:---
Provided further that a tenancy which comes into force after the commencement
of this Ordinance and for which no period is fixed shall not be valid after
expiration of period of six months from the date of the receipt by the tenant
of a notice in writing given by the landlord terminating the tenancy.
7 Appointment of Rent Controller.
-(1) The Federal Government shall appoint one or more Rent Controllers for an
urban area of the
(2) Where more than one Controller is appointed for urban area the Federal
Government shall declare one of them to be the Senior Rent Controller.
(3) An application under this Ordinance shall he filed before the Controller
having jurisdiction over the area where the building or rented land, in respect
of which the application is made, is situated:---
Provided that where there are more than one Controllers for an area, the
application shall be made before the Senior Rent Controller who may either deal
with it himself or make it over for disposal to other Controller.
8. Landlord and tenet to get agreement
registered. The landlord and tenet shall, through mutual agreement, fix
initial rent of a building, residential or non-residential rented land and get
it registered with Controller within a week of the signing of the agreement.
9. Increase of rent in certain cases.
- (1) Where the rent of any building other than non-residential building or
rented land has been determined by an agreement between the landlord and the
tenant, no further increase in such rent shall, during the continuance of
tenancy if it is less than three years, be permissible during the subsistence
of the agreement except in cases where some addition, alteration or
improvement has been carried out at the landlord's expense and on the request
of the tenant in accordance with the by-laws of the Authority.
(2) The fair rent, as increased on the ground of some addition alteration or
improvement under sub-section (I) shall not exceed the fair rent payable under
this Ordinance for a similar building or rented land in the same locality with
such addition, alteration or improvement and it shall not he chargeable until
such addition, alteration or improvement has been completed.
(3) Any dispute between the landlord and tenant in regard to any increase
claimed on ground of some addition, alteration or improvement shall be decided
by the Controller.
10. Increase of rent of residential and
non-residential buildings. - (I) The rent of residential as well as a
non-residential building shall stand automatically increased at the end of
every three years of its tenancy by twenty-five percent of the rent already
being paid by the tenant.
(2) The first increase under sub-section (I) shall accrue on the completion of
three years of tenancy in the case of a tenancy which has not been existing
for three years on the commencement of this Ordinance.
(3) Where, during the period of three years, in cases mentioned in subsection
(2)-(i) the rent has already been increased by an amount less than twenty-five
per cent of the total rent the amount of such increase shall he deducted from
the increase under sub-section (1); and
(ii) if the rent has already been increased by an amount equal to or more than
twenty per cent of the total rent, no increase under, sub-section (1) shall
accrue until the expiry or three years from the date of such increase.
(4) The arrears becoming due as a result of the increase of rent under this
section shall, unless paid earlier, he deemed to he rent due under clause (i)
of sub-section (2) of section 17, on the expiry of sixty days from the date of
commencement of this Ordinance.
(5) Nothing in sub-sections (1) 10 (4) shall apply if a landlord and a tenant
agree to increase the rent by an agreement in writing.
11. Landlord not to claim in excess of fair rent. -The landlord shall not claim
or receive any premium or oilier like sum in addition to fair rent or any rent
in excess of such fair rent and any agreement for payment of any sum in
addition to rent in excess of such fair rent shall he void.
12. Fine or premium not to be charged
for grant, renewal or continuance of tenancy. -No landlord shall, in
consideration of the grant, renewal or continuance of a tenancy of any building
or rented land require the payment of any fine, premium or any other like sum
in addition to the rent.
13. Money which should not have been
paid may be recovered. -(1) Where after the commencement of this
Ordinance any sum not payable by a tenant under this Ordinance has been paid by
him, such sum may, without prejudice to any other mode of recovery, be
deducted by the tenant from the rent payable by him to the landlord:
Provided that no such deduction shall he made by the tenant unless it has been
allowed by the Controller on an application made by the tenant within six
months of the payment of such sum.
(2) The Controller may, on an application made by the tenant within six months
of his having made payment of any such sum as is referred to in sub-section
(1), by order, direct the landlord to deposit the said sum within thirty days
of the order for payment to the tenant.
14. Landlord not to interfere with
amenities enjoyed by the tenant. - (1) No landlord shall, without just
or sufficient cause, cut off or withhold any of the amenities such as
electricity, gas or water enjoyed by the tenant.
(2) A tenant in occupation of a building or rented land may, if the landlord
has cut off or withheld any of amenities in contravention of the provisions of
sub-section (i), make a complaint to the Controller for restoration thereof.
(3) If the Controller on enquiry finds that the tenant has been in enjoyment
of the amenities and that they were cut off or withheld by the landlord without
just or sufficient cause, he shall make an order directing the landlord to
restore such amenities, or authorise the tenant to secure the same for himself
and to incur such expenses thereon as the Controller may specify and any
expenditure so incurred by the tenant shall be adjustable against the rent
payable by the tenant in respect of that building or rented land as the case
may be.
15. Failure by landlord to make
necessary repairs. -(I) If a landlord fails to keep a building in a
state of reasonable repair, or to make such repairs thereto, not being
structural alteration as may, from time to time, be necessary, it shall he
competent for the Controller to direct, on application by the tenant, and alter
such inquiry as the Controller may think necessary that such repairs may he
made by the tenant and the cost thereof may be deducted from the rent payable
by him:---
Provided that nothing in this section shall enable the tenant to spend on
repairs any amount in a year exceeding the rent of the building for two months
unless the Controller, alter making necessary inquiry, is satisfied that such
repairs are essential to render the building fit for occupation:---
Provided further that where, under the terms of the agreement of tenancy, a
tenant is authorised to make repairs at the expense of the landlord, no application
under this section shall be necessary:---
Provided also that the amount to be deducted from the rent payable on account
of repairs in a year shall not exceed the amount of two month's rent.
Explanation. -For the purpose of this section, a building shall be deemed to be
in a state of reasonable repair when,---
(i) all floors, walls, pillars, arches and roofs are sound and watertight,
(ii) all doors and windows are intact, properly painted or oiled and provided
with proper hooks or bolls or other necessary fastenings;
(iii) all rooms, out-houses and appurtenant buildings are properly
colour-washed or white-washed; and
(iv) all electric, water, gas and sanitary fittings, if any are properly maintained
and are safe, sound and without leakage.
16. Reimbursement of expenses incurred on repairs
under order of authority. -(1) Where the Authority,
in the exercise of its powers, under any law for the time being in force,
directs a landlord to make certain specified repairs to his building not
exceeding the rent of the building for two months and the landlord fails to
comply with the direction, the tenant may, on the direction of the Authority,
make such repairs.
(2) Where a tenet makes any repairs in pursuance of a direction referred to in
sub-section (1), he shall, within three months of the completion of repair,
submit to the Authority an account of the costs incurred by him on such repairs
and the Authority shall, alter due verification, certify such costs whereupon
the tenant shall he entitled to deduct the amount of the certified costs from
the rent payable by him.
17. Eviction of tenant. -(I) A
tenant in possession of a building or rented land shall not be evicted
therefrom except in accordance with provisions of this section.
(2) A landlord who seeks to evict his tenant shall apply to the Controller for
a direction in that behalf. If the Controller, after giving the tenant a
reasonable opportunity of showing cause against the application, is satisfied
that,---
(i) the tenant has not paid or tendered rent due by him in respect of the
building or rented land, within fifteen days after the expiry of the time fixed
in the agreement of tenancy with his landlord, or in the absence of any such
agreement within sixty days from the period for which the rent is payable; or
(ii) the tenant has without the written consent of the landlord,---
(a) transferred his right under the lease or sublet the entire building or
rented land or any portion thereof; or
(b) used the building or rented land for purpose other than that for which it
was leased or has infringed any conditions on which the building or rented land
is held;
(iii) the tenant has committed such acts as are likely to impair materially the
value or utility of the building or rented land; or
(iv) the tenant has indulged in activities as are causing nuisance to the
neighbours; or
(v) the building or rented land is reasonably and in good faith required by the
landlord for the reconstruction or erection of a building or the landlord has
obtained the necessary sanction for the said reconstruction or erection from
the Authority:---
Provided that the Controller may give the tenant a reasonable time for putting
the landlord in possession of the building or rented land and may extend such
time so as not to exceed three months in the aggregate.
Explanation. -For the purpose of clause,---
(i) the rent remitted by money order or tendered to the landlord In such manner
as may he agreed upon by the landlord and the tenant or deposited in the office
of the Controller shall be deemed to have been duly tendered; and
(ii) where water charges, gas charges or electricity charges are payable by the
tenant to the landlord such charges shall be deemed to be rent.
(3) If, the Controller is not satisfied as provided in sub-section (2), he
shall make an order rejecting the application.
(4) A landlord may apply to the Controller for an order directing the tenant to
put the landlord in possession,---
(a) in the case of residential building, if he requires it in good faith for
his own occupation or of any member of his family and he or any member of his
family, as the case may be, is not occupying any other residential building
suitable for his needs at the time in the urban area:---
Provided that he or the said member of his family has not vacated such building
in the
(b) in the case of a commercial building or rented land, if he requires it in
good faith for his own use or for the use of any member of its family:---
Provided that where the tenancy if for a specified period agreed upon between
the landlord and the tenant, the landlord shall not he entitled to apply under
this subsection before the expiry of such period:---
Provided further that where the landlord has obtained possession of a
residential or commercial building or rented land under clause (a) or clause
(b), he shall not be entitled to apply again under the said clauses for the
possession of any other building or rented land unless the building or rented
land of which he had previously taken possession has become unsuitable for his
needs.
(5) The Controller shall, if he is satisfied that the claim of the landlord
under sub-section (4) is bonafide, make an order directing the tenant to put
the landlord in possession of the building or rented land on such date as may
be specified by the Controller and if the Controller is not satisfied, he shall
make an order rejecting the application:
Provided that the Controller may give the tenant a reasonable time for putting
the landlord in possession of the building and may extend such time so as not
to exceed three months in the aggregate.
(6) Where the landlord who has obtained possession of a building in pursuance
of an order made under sub-section (5) does not himself, or where possession
of the building or rented land has been obtained for any member of his family
such member does not, occupy the building or rented land within one month of
the dale of obtaining its possession, or having obtained possession relets it
within six months of the said date to any person other than the tenant, the tenant
may apply to the Controller for an order directing that the possession of such
building be restored to him and the Controller may make an order accordingly.
(7) Where a landlord has obtained possession of a building in pursuance of an
order under clause (v) of sub-section (2) and does not have the building
demolished within four months of the date of taking its possession, or does not
reconstruct or erect the new building in accordance with Authority’s regulations.
unless he satisfies the Controller that he was prevented from having the
building demolished or from reconstructing or erecting the building within the
said period by reasons beyond his control, be punished with imprisonment for a
term which may extend to six months, or with fine or with both.
(8) In proceedings under this section on the first date of hearing, or as soon
thereafter as may be but before the issues are framed, the Controller shall
direct the tenant to deposit in his office before a specified date all the rent
due from him and also to deposit regularly till the final decision of the case
before the fifteenth day of each month, the monthly rent which subsequently
becomes due and if there be any dispute as to the amount of rent due, the Controller
shall determine such amount approximately.
(9) If the tenant fail to deposit the amount of rent before the specified date
or, as the case may be, before the fifteenth day of the month, his application
if he is an applicant shall be dismissed or his defence, it he is a respondent,
.shall be struck off, and the landlord shall be put in possession of the
building without any further proceedings.
18. Eviction of tenants where the
landlord is a salaried employee, widow or minor Orphan. -(1)
Notwithstanding anything contained in this Ordinance or any other law for the
time being in force,---
(a) in a case where the landlord has died; or
(b) in a case where the landlord is a salaried employee and has retired or is
due to retire or has proceeded or is due lo proceed on leave preparatory to
retirement within a period of six months, a notice in writing may he given by
such landlord or the widow or, minor child of the deceased landlord, as the
case may be, to the tenant of a residential building informing him that he or
she needs, the building for personal use and requiring him to deliver vacant
possession of the building within a period of two months from the dale of
receipt of the notice;
Provided that no application under this section shall he maintainable if it is
made after one year from the date of the death of the landlord or, in the case
of the retirement of a salaried person, before one year from or alter one year
of the date of his retirement:
Provided further that in case where the landlord has died or salaried person
has retired before the commencement of this Ordinance an application may he
made within a period of one year from the date of such commencement.
Explanation. -In computing the period of one year from the dale of the death of
the landlord, or from the dale of retirement of a salaried person, the period
of notice mentioned in sub-section (I) shall be excluded.
(2) The right to seek ejectment under sub-section (I) shall also be available
to a landlord of a residential building who is the wife, husband or a minor
child of a salaried employee referred to in sub-section (I).
(3) In the case of landlord referred to in sub-section (I), or sub-section (2),
who happens to be a landlord of more than one residential building whether or
not in the same locality, action as provided for in this section shall be
competent in respect of one of such residential building only.
(4) A landlord referred to in clause (b) of sub-section (I), or in sub-section
(2), who is in occupation of a residential building owned by him shall not be
entitled to seek ejectment of a tenant from a residential building situated in
the locality in which the building in occupation of the landlord is situated
unless he offers the building in his occupation in exchange of the building in
possession of the tenant on terms and conditions and on payment of such rent as
may be determined by the Controller:---
Provided that the benefit of exchange shall not be available to the tenant who
refuses to accept the offer or the terms and conditions and the rate for rent
agreed by the landlord and tenant:---
Provided further that the tenancy in respect of the building given in exchange
shall not extend beyond the period of tenancy fixed for the original building.
(5) A tenant who, on receipt of the notice referred to in sub-section (1),
fails to deliver vacant possession of the building to the landlord, widow or
minor orphan of the deceased landlord or to widow or minor child of the
deceased landlord within the time allowed in the notice shall be liable to be
ejected summarily by the Controller on an application being made to him in this
behalf.
(6) On an application being made to him under sub-section (5), the Controller
shall issue a notice to the tenant and, on being satisfied with the bona fides
of the request of the landlord or the widow or minor orphan of a deceased
landlord, as the case may be, order the summary ejectment of the tenant.
(7) A landlord or a widow or orphan of a deceased landlord referred to in sub
section (1) or sub-section (2), who, within one year of his having obtained
possession of a building as provided for In sub-section (6), relets the
building to any person other than the previous tenant shall he punishable with
fine which may extend to five thousand rupees:---
Provided that if the amount of the annual rent for which the building is so
relet exceeds five thousand rupees the amount of fine shall be equal to the
amount of annual rent.
(8) The notice referred to in sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) may, in the
case of landlord who is a minor, be given by the guardian of such minor.
19. Tenant to he informed in case of
transfer of ownership. -Where the ownership of a building or rented land
in the possession of a tenant has been transferred by way of sale, gift, inheritance
or in any other mode or manner whatsoever, the new owner shall send an
intimation of such transfer in writing by registered post to the tenant of such
building or rented land and the tenant shall not he deemed to have defaulted in
the payment of rent for the purposes of clause (i) of sub-section (2) of
section 17 if the rent due is paid within thirty days from the date when the
intimation should, in the normal course, have reached the tenant.
20. Decisions which have become final
not to be reopened. -The Controller shall summarily reject any
application under sub-section (2) or subsections (4) of sections 17 which
raises substantially the same issue as has been finally decided in any former
proceedings under this Ordinance unless new grounds or circumstances have
arisen alter the final decision in such proceedings.
21. Appeal. -(I)
Any party aggrieved by a final order of the Controller made under this
Ordinance may, within thirty days of the date of such order, prefer an appeal
to the District Judge.
(2) No appeal shall lie from an interlocutory order passed by the Controller.
(3) On such appeal being preferred, the District Judge may hear it himself or
refer it for disposal to an Additional District Judge.
(4) The District Judge may, suo moto or on an application of any party to
proceedings, for reasons to be recorded in writing, recall an appeal made over
by him to an Additional District Judge and either hear it himself or refer it
for disposal to another Additional District Judge.
(5) The appellate authority may, pending final disposal of appeal, suspend the
operation of the order appealed against.
(6) The appellate authority admitting an appeal for hearing shall have the same
powers to direct tenant to deposit the rent as are vested in the Controller
under this Ordinance and, if the tenant makes default in compliance with such
an order, then if he is the appellant, his appeal shall be dismissed summarily
and if the respondent, his defence shall be struck off.
(7) The appellate authority shall after perusing the record of the case and
giving the parties an opportunity of being heard and, if necessary, after making
such further inquiry, as it thinks lit, either personally or through the
Controller, make an appropriate order which shall be final.
(8) The order of the Controller, subject to the result of appeal, shall be
final.
22. Transfer of case.
-On the application of any of the parties and after notice to the parties and
after hearing such of them as desire to be heard, or of his own motion, without
such notice,---
(a) the District Judge may at any stage withdraw any application pending with a
Controller subordinate to him and transfer the same for disposal to any other
Controller subordinate to him and competent lo try or dispose of the same; and
(b) the High Court may at any stage withdraw any appeal pending with any
District Judge and transfer the same for disposal to any other District Judge
subordinate to it and competent to try or dispose of the same.
23. Execution of orders. -Every
order made under section 14, section 17, section 18 and every order passed in
appeal under section 21, shall he executed by the Controller as if it were a
decree of a Civil Court. The provisions of Order XXI of the First Schedule to
the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Act V of 1908) shall, so far as may be,
apply to the execution of Orders made under this Ordinance.
24. Procedure and power of Controller. -(1) Unless otherwise provided in this Ordinance, no
order under sections 9, 14. 15, 17 or I8 shall he made by the Controller except
after holding an inquiry and affording to the parties an opportunity of being
heard.
(2) For the purposes of holding an inquiry of execution of Orders under this
Ordinance. the Controller shall have the same powers as are vested in a Court
under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Act V of 1908), when trying a suit or
executing a decree in respect of the following matter, namely:---
(a) summoning and enforcing the attendance of any person and examining him on
oath.
(b) compelling the discovery and production of any document and other material
evidence : and
(c) issuing a commission for the examination of witness.
25. Service of summons and production of witnesses. -(1) Service of summons once effected on a party shall
he sufficient for the purposes of the entire proceedings before the Controller.
(2) The production of witnesses shall be the responsibility of the parties and
the Controller shall not summon a witness unless he is satisfied that the
witness is a servant of the Federal Government, a Provincial Government, local
authority or a corporate body and that he has to produce official record of
such Government, local authority or corporate body as the same may be.
(3) Except for sufficient reasons to be recorded in writing, the Controller
shall finally dispose of an application under this Ordinance as expeditiously
as possible but not later than four months of the date of the first hearing
after the service of summons on the respondent.
(4) The proceedings of every inquiry shall he deemed to he judicial proceedings
within the meaning of sections 193 and 228 of the Pakistan Penal Code (Act XLV
of 1860).
(5) The Controller shall he deemed to be a
26. Compensation for frivolous
applications and defence. - If in the opinion of the Controller or, as
the case may be, the appellate authority any party to the proceedings under
this Ordinance is found guilty of abuse of the process of law by filling
frivolous or vexatious application or by taking pleas in defence which are
false or intended to prolong the proceedings unnecessarily he or, as the case
may be. it shall, while passing the final order, award compensation to the
other party which shall not he less that five thousand rupees or more than ten
thousand rupees.
27. Landlord and tenant to furnish
particulars. -Every landlord and every tenant of building or rented land
shall furnish to the Controller, or any person authorised by him in that
behalf, such particulars in respect of such building or rented land as he may,
by order, direct.
28. Penalties. -(1) Whoever
contravenes, or fails to comply with, any provisions of this Ordinance or the
rules made thereunder shall, if no other penalty is provided in this Ordinance
for such contravention or failure, be punishable with fine which may extend to
five thousand rupees.
(a) a complaint of facts which constitute such offence filed with the sanction
of the Controller in writing ; and
(b) a report in writing of such fact made by the Controller.
29. Indemnity.
-No suit or other legal proceedings shall lie against the Federal Government or
the Controller or any authority or person in respect of anything which is in
good faith done or intended to be done under this Ordinance.
30. Power to delegate. - The
Federal Government may delegate all or any of its powers under this Ordinance
to such of its officers as it may deem necessary.
31. Power to make rules. -The
Federal Government may be notification in the official Gazette, make rules for
the purpose of carrying out the purposes of this Ordinance.
32. Repeal and Savings. - The West Pakistan Urban Rent Restriction Ordinance, 1959, (W.P. Ord
VI of 1959), to the extent of the
(2) Nothing contained in this Ordinance shall be deemed to apply to suits or
appeals falling within the jurisdiction of the Controller, or the applications
relating thereto, which were pending before any court immediately before the
commencement of this Ordinance and such suits, appeals or applications shall
continue to be heard and dispose of in accordance with the law applicable to
them before such commencement.
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