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Advance Rent Receipt

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Price: Free, always.
Stamp duty: No stamp duty — a tenancy-fact record, not a leasehold interest.
Registration: Not compulsory — not a lease year-to-year, over a year, or yearly rent (s.17(1)(d)).
Witnesses: Not required, unless converted into a witnessed undertaking.

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Also called

advance rent acknowledgment
rent paid in advance receipt

When you need it

You paid rent early and need a record of what's received, the period covered, and the adjustment. Punjab Rent Act 1995 s.13(2) entitles a cash-paying tenant to a signed receipt forthwith; s.13(3) lets the Rent Authority award up to double the rent plus costs within two months.

In Chandigarh, a receipt is key evidence under EPURRA 1949.

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What follows is written for Punjab and Chandigarh. It states the position there rather than describing how it varies, so the amounts below are the ones that apply — worth confirming at the sub-registrar’s office, because rates change. If the property is anywhere else in India, none of this is yours.

Stamp duty

No stamp duty — a tenancy-fact record, not a leasehold interest. Reworded to create new rights, stamp accordingly.

Registration

Not compulsory — not a lease year-to-year, over a year, or yearly rent (s.17(1)(d)).

Notarisation

Not required; a dated signature or delivery record matters more.

Witnesses

Not required, unless converted into a witnessed undertaking.

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ADVANCE RENT RECEIPT

The tenancy concerning Flat 804, Maya Garden City, Zirakpur, Punjab commenced on 1 April 2026.

Receipt date: 3 April 2026.

Harpreet Singh acknowledges receipt from Aarav Sharma of ₹60,000 (Rupees Sixty Thousand only) as advance rent.

Current monthly rent is ₹30,000 (Rupees Thirty Thousand only). The advance covers 2 April 2026 to 3 April 2026.

Payment mode: Bank transfer. Payment reference: UTR HDFC2609091234.

Adjustment: Adjusted against the stated future rent period only. Note: October and November rent

Where the Punjab Rent Act, 1995 governs, section 13(2) entitles a tenant paying cash rent to a signed receipt forthwith; section 13(3) provides the statutory remedy stated in that Act for failure to issue the receipt.

This receipt acknowledges payment only. It does not extend the tenancy, change rent, waive default or convert a security deposit into rent.

PERSONAL DATA NOTICE

This notice is given under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023. Personal data in this document is collected only to administer and evidence the advance rent receipt, communicate about that purpose, verify the information expressly supplied, and retain an evidentiary record.

The record will be held by Harpreet Singh and may be shown only to the landlord, tenant, authorised property manager or property consultant involved in this tenancy, a bank or payment service provider where this document expressly instructs payment, a verification agency instructed for the stated purpose, and a statutory or tax authority where disclosure is required for the transaction recorded here.

If the transaction does not proceed, or this document is withdrawn before it takes effect, the personal data will be retained for 90 days from that decision and then erased. If the transaction proceeds, the record will be retained for the term of the tenancy or transaction plus 12 months and then erased, except for a record that a statute requires to be kept for a longer named period.

A person named in this document may withdraw consent for future consent-based processing, request correction or erasure when the stated purpose has ended, or raise a grievance by writing to support@kagaznama.com. The record-holder should acknowledge and respond within 30 days.

Data minimisation: this document deliberately does not require a full Aadhaar number, Aadhaar-card copy, passwords or unrelated identity material. Detailed KYC should remain in the separate KYC workflow; tax or payment identifiers are collected here only where the whole purpose of this document requires them.

Personal-data instruction: I consent to the collection and use described in the Personal Data Notice.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

______________________________
Signature
Landlord: Harpreet Singh
Place: ____________________
Date: 3 April 2026

Questions about this document

Does the Advance Rent Receipt need stamp paper or stamp duty in Punjab and Chandigarh?

No stamp duty — a tenancy-fact record, not a leasehold interest.

See the full position on stamp duty, registration and witnesses

Does the Advance Rent Receipt need registration in Punjab and Chandigarh?

Not compulsory — not a lease year-to-year, over a year, or yearly rent (s.17(1)(d)).

See the full position on stamp duty, registration and witnesses

What does the Advance Rent Receipt cost on Kagaznama?

Free, always.

Does the Advance Rent Receipt need witnesses?

Not required, unless converted into a witnessed undertaking.

See the full position on stamp duty, registration and witnesses

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