Section 7 of Himachal Pradesh Urban Rent Control Act, 1987

Landlord not to claim anything in excess of standard rent.- 

Save as provided in this Act, when the Controller has fixed the standard rent of a building or rented land under section 4, the landlord shall not claim or receive any premium or other like sum in addition to standard rent or any rent in excess of such standard rent, but the landlord may stipulate for and receive in advance an amount not exceeding three month’s rent in lump sum: Provided that any agreement for the payment of any sum in addition to rent, or of rent in excess of such standard rent, shall be null and void.]