Leases how made? Section 107 of Transfer of Property Act, 1882
107. A lease of immovable property from year to year, or for any term exceeding one year, or reserving a yearly rent, can be made only by a registered instrument.
All other leases of immovable property may be made either by a registered instrument or by oral agreement accompanied by delivery of possession.
Where a lease of immovable property is made by a registered instrument, such instrument or, where there are more instruments than one, each such instrument shall be executed by both the lessor and the lessee:
Provided that the State Government may, from time to time, by notification in the Official Gazette, direct that leases of immovable property, other than leases from year to year, or for any term exceeding one year, or reserving a yearly rent, or any class of such leases, may be made by unregistered instrument or by oral agreement without delivery of possession.
Section 106 - Duration of certain leases in absence of written contract or local usage
Section 108 - Rights and liabilities of lessor and lessee
Section 109 - Rights of lessor's transferee
Section 110 - Exclusion of day on which term commences
Section 111 - Determination of lease
Section 112 - Waiver of forfeiture
Section 113 - Waiver of notice to quit
Section 114 - Relief against forfeiture for non-payment of rent
Section 114A - Relief against forfeiture in certain other cases
Section 115 - Effect of surrender and forfeiture on under-leases
Section 116 - Effect of holding over
Section 117 - Exemption of leases for agricultural purposes
CHAPTER VI OF EXCHANGES
Section 118 - Exchange defined
Section 119 - Right of party deprived of thing received in exchange
Section 120 - Rights and liabilities of parties
Section 121 - Exchange of money
CHAPTER VII OF GIFTS
Section 123 - Transfer how effected