Section 64 TPA Explained: Effect of contract to transfer immovable property subject to a lease | Nyaya

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What does Section 64 of TPA say?

Where a contract is made with a person competent to transfer ownership in immovable property for the transfer of such property for a consideration, and the property is subject to a lease, the contract shall be void in so far as it purports to operate as an absolute assignment of the property, and the transferee shall have no right to recover possession of the property from the transferor or any other person, unless the transferee has given notice in writing to the transferor and all persons claiming under him, of his claim to recover possession of the property, within a period of one year from the date of the contract.

Indian StandardSection 64, Transfer of Property Act, 1882

Bluebook (21st ed.)Transfer of Property Act, 1882, § 64 (India)

Court Pleading StandardSection 64 of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882

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What is Section 64 of TPA?

Section 64 of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882 (TPA) defines and regulates "Effect of contract to transfer immovable property subject to a lease". The section states: Where a contract is made with a person competent to transfer ownership in immovable property for the transfer of such property for a consideration, and the property is subject to a...

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