Section 3. Exemptions.

Nothing in this Act shall apply to,–– (a) any rental unit owned by the Central or 1[Government] or local authority or a Government undertaking or a statutory body wholly owned and controlled by the Government or cantonment board ; (b) public institutions ; (c) any rental unit let out before the commencement of the Act where rent paid on the date of commencement of the Act exceeds six thousand per annum and where such units had been exempted under the Jammu and Kashmir Houses and Shops Rent Control Act, 1966 ; (d) rental unit(s) owned by a company, university or organization given on rent to its employees as part of service contract ; (e) any rental unit owned by religious or charitable institutions as may be specified by the Government ; and (f) any rental unit owned by Wakfs registered under 2[the Wakf Act, 1995 (43 of 1995)] or to any trust registered under 3[the Indian Trust Act, 1882 (2 of 1882)].