Transfer of Property Act Section 110 — Exclusion of day on which term commences
CHAPTER V OF LEASES OF IMMOVEABLE PROPERTY — (B) Rights and Liabilities of the Lessee
General
Summary
If a lease says it starts on a specific day, that day is not counted as part of the lease term. If no start day is given, the lease begins on the day it is made. When a lease is for one or more years, it lasts until the same date (anniversary) each year, unless the lease says otherwise. If a lease can be ended early but does not say who has the right to end it, that right belongs to the tenant, not the landlord.
Official Text
Where the time limited by a lease of immoveable property is expressed as commencing from a particular day, in computing that time such day shall be excluded. Where no day of commencement is named, the time so limited begins from the making of the lease. Duration of lease for a year.—Where the time so limited is a year or a number of years, in the absence of an express agreement to the contrary, the lease shall last during the whole anniversary of the day from which such time commences. Option to determine lease.—Where the time so limited is expressed to be terminable before its expiration, and the lease omits to mention at whose option it is so terminable, the lessee, and not the lessor, shall have such option.