law: Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958 
  18. Sub-tenant to be tenant in certain cases.
  
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  (1) Where an order for eviction in respect of
  
  any premises is made under section 14 against a tenant but not against a
  
  sub-tenant referred to in section 17 and a notice of the sub-tenancy has been
  
  given to the landlord, the sub-tenant shall, with effect from the date of the
  
  order, be deemed to become a tenant holding directly under the landlord in
  
  respect of the premises in his occupation on the same terms and conditions on
  
  which the tenant would have held from the landlord, if the tenancy had
  
  continued. 
  (2) Where, before the commencement of this
  
  Act, the interest of a tenant in respect of any premises has been determined
  
  without determining the interest of any sub-tenant to whom the premises has
  
  been determined without determining the interest of any sub-tenant to whom the
  
  premises either in whole or in part had been lawfully sub-let, the sub-tenant
  
  shall, with effect from the date of the commencement of this Act, be deemed to
  
  have become a tenant holding directly under the landlord on the same terms and
  
  conditions on which the tenant would have held from the landlord , if the
  
  tenancy had continued.