Section 8(2) in Puducherry Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act, 1969
(2)Where a landlord refuses to accept or evades the receipt of any rent lawfully payable to him by a tenant in respect of any building, the tenant may, by notice in writing, require the landlord to specify within ten days from the date of receipt of the notice by him, a bank into which the rent may be deposited by the tenant to the credit of the landlord:Provided that such bank shall be one situated in the Commune in which the building is situated or if there is no such bank in such Commune, the nearest bank.Explanation. - It shall be open to the landlord to specify from time to time by written notice to the tenant and subject to the proviso aforesaid, a bank different from the one already specified by him under this sub-section.
