law: Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958 
  28. Time limit of making deposit and
  
  consequences of incorrect particulars is application for deposit.-
  (1) No rent deposited under section 27 shall
  
  be considered to have been validly deposited under that section, unless the
  
  deposit is made within twenty-one days of the time referred to in section 26
  
  for payment of the rent.
  (2) No such deposit shall be considered to
  
  have been validly made, if the tenant willfully makes any false statement in
  
  his application for depositing the rent, unless the landlord has withdrawn the
  
  amount deposited before the date of filing an application for the recovery of
  
  possession of the premises from the tenant.
  (3) If the rent is deposited within the time
  
  mentioned in sub-section (1) and does not cease to is valid deposit for the
  
  reason mentioned in sub-section (2), the deposit shall constitute payment of
  
  rent to the landlord, as if the amount deposited had been validly tendered?