1990 PLD 48 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

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AHMAD SHAH VS BIBI SAKHIAN Cantonments Rent Restriction Act 1963--PREAMBLE , Preamble???Rent laws have been enacted to regulate the relationship of class of landlord and tenant with the object to protect the interest of each class???Act XI of 1963 was enacted to make provision for control of rent of certain classes of buildings within the limits of cantonment area and eviction of tenants therefrom; it provides for fixation of fair rent, procedure for obtaining permission for making repairs and for eviction of tenant???Preamble of statute is key to discerning the purpose and intent of the statute from the examination of the entire scheme of Act XI of 1963 alongwith other rent laws???Cantonment Rent Restriction Act, 1963, was only applicable to matters relating to landlord and tenant based on contractual tenancies or statutory tenancies and does not include trespassers or persons in occupation.