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Provisions of the notice period before the expiry of tenancy
My contract ends on 20th Feb 2020 and I have informed the landlord on the 24th of December to amend the rent or allow us to vacate on the mentioned date.
They have replied that the contract will be automatically renewed as we have not given 60 days notice (technically it is 59 days given) and that if we wish to vacate he is asking us to pay two months rent as a penalty.
Kindly advise.

To give you better advice, we need to know:
(i) in which Emirate you are residing?
(ii) Is there any clause in the tenancy agreement mandating such notice within 60 days?
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