Transfer of Property Act Section 114 — Relief against forfeiture for non-payment of rent
CHAPTER V OF LEASES OF IMMOVEABLE PROPERTY — Illustration to clause (f)
General
Summary
If a tenant loses a lease because they did not pay rent, and the landlord sues to evict them, the tenant can stop the eviction by paying all the overdue rent, plus interest and the landlord’s court costs, at the hearing. The tenant can also offer a security deposit that the court considers enough to guarantee payment within fifteen days. If the tenant does this, the court may cancel the forfeiture instead of ordering eviction, and the tenant keeps the property as if the lease had never been broken.
Official Text
Where a lease of immoveable property has determined by forfeiture for non-payment of rent, and the lessor sues to eject the lessee, if, at the hearing of the suit, the lessee pays or tenders to the lessor the rent in arrear, together with interest thereon and his full costs of the suit, or gives such security as the Court thinks sufficient for making such payment within fifteen days, the Court may, in lieu of making a decree for ejectment, pass an order relieving the lessee against the forfeiture; and thereupon the lessee shall hold the property leased as if the forfeiture had not occurred. 3[