Section 18. Compensation to under-proprietor or tenant for illegal enforcement of payment

18. Compensation to under-proprietor or tenant for illegal enforcement of payment. Abatement of Rent. 18. If payment of rent or of any sum in excess of the rent legally claimable is illegally enforced, and any under-proprietor or tenant institutes a suit to recover compensation for such enforcement, the Court may award to him compensation, not exceeding the sum of rupees two hundred, in addition to any amount for which it makes a decree in respect of such payment. An award of compensation under the former part of this section shall not bar any prosecution to which the person enforcing such payment may be liable under any law for the time being in force. Abatement of Rent.