National Land Code (Revised - 2020) · Updated to 15 Oct 2020 · Chapter 1 · General
94. When rent due, and when in arrear
Feedback & supportThe rent reserved in respect of any alienated land shall be payable as from the beginning of the calendar year in which the land is alienated or, if it is alienated after the end of September in that year, as from the beginning of the calendar year next following.
rent
“rent” includes— (a) any annual sum payable to the State Authority by way of rent; (b) any other annual payment due to the State Authority which by any written law is to be collected as if it were rent or land revenue; and (c) any fee due to the State Authority in respect of arrears of rent by virtue of rules under section 14; (d)…
The rent payable in respect of any calendar year shall fall due in full on the first day of that year and, if not sooner paid, shall be treated for the purpose of this Act as becoming in arrear on the first day of June in that year.
In the case of land alienated for a term of years, rent shall be payable for the whole of the calendar year in which the term expires if it was not payable in respect of the calendar year in which the land was alienated, but shall not otherwise be payable in respect of any part of the said year of expiry.
land
“land” includes— (a) that surface of the earth and all substances forming that surface; (b) the earth below the surface and all substances therein; (c) all vegetation and other natural products, whether or not requiring the periodical application of labour to their production, and whether on or below the surface; (d) all things attached to the earth or permanently fastened to anything attached to the earth, whether on or below the surface; and (e) land covered by water;
The provisions of this section shall have effect subject to any remission or rebate of rent granted or allowed pursuant to rules under paragraph 14(1)(j), and to any authorization so granted for the payment by instalments, or deferment of payment, of any rent.