law: Maharashtra Rent Control Act, 1999 
  55. Tenancy agreement to be compulsorily
  
  registered. 
  (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this
  
  Act or any other law for the time being in force, any agreement for leave and
  
  license or letting of any premises, entered into between the landlord and the
  
  tenant or the licensee, as the case may be, after the commencement of this Act,
  
  shall be in writing and shall be registered under the Registration Act, 1908.
  (2) The responsibility of getting such
  
  agreement registered shall be on the landlord and in the absence of the written
  
  registered agreement, the contention of the tenant about the terms and
  
  conditions subject to which a premises have been given to him by the landlord
  
  on leave and license or have been let to him, shall prevail, unless proved
  
  otherwise.
  (3) Any landlord who contravenes the
  
  provisions of this section shall, on conviction, be punished with imprisonment
  
  which may extend to three months or with fine not exceeding rupees five
  
  thousand or with both.