Section 404
Power To Vacate House
(1) Notwithstanding anything contained
elsewhere in this Chapter, if a tenant disappears without paying the
rent for three months or more without notice and the tenant is not
found despite a public notice or correspondence with his or her
address or the tenant or his or her successor or agent does not
appear despite that he or she has been found, the house-owner shall
submit an application with such statement to the concerned ward
office of the Local Level.
(2) If an application is submitted pursuant to sub-section
(1), the concerned ward office shall make a public notice inviting
the tenant to appear within a period of fifteen days.
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(3) If a notice is published pursuant to sub-section (2), the
tenant shall appear within such a period.
(4) If such a person does not appear within the period
referred to in sub-section (3), the concerned ward office may open
and vacate the rented house, upon having the goods therein in its or
any one's custody.
(5) If the person who has disappeared pursuant to subsection
(3) returns or sends his or her agent within six months, the
concerned ward office shall collect the due rent from, and return the
goods to him or her.
(6) Notwithstanding anything contained elsewhere in this
Section, if the concerned ward office of the Local Level does not
take any action even within one month of the application submitted
to it, the concerned house-owner shall submit an application to the
concerned ward office and the nearby police office, and execute a
deed and open the house in witness of a police employee and at
least two local persons, and hand over the custody of the tenant's
goods to the police.