considered advisable. Provided that the landlord shall give written notice to the tenant not less than five days prior to any inspection or repairs being carried out. In the absence of an express agreement to the contrary, such inspections and repairs shall only be carried out between the hours of 8.30 am and 5.30 pm on Mondays to Fridays, inclusive, and between the hours of 8.30 am and 1.00 pm on Saturdays. No repairs or inspections shall be carried out on Sundays and public holidays.

5 (a) The landlord shall draw up a list of birds and animals which may be

kept by any tenant in the flat, provided that such birds and animals

are kept in such a way as not to cause a nuisance to neighbours or damage to the flat.

(b) If, in the opinion of the landlord, any bird or animal owned by the tenant is causing a nuisance to neighbours or damage to the flat, the landlord may give the tenant written notice requiring him to remove such bird or animal from the flat within seven days.

6 The tenant covenants with the landlord as follows:

(a) To keep the interior of the flat including any balconies thereto, the interior decoration and all fixtures thoroughly clean and tidy throughout the tenancy (fair wear and tear and damage by fire, storm and typhoon excepted) and from time to time as considered necessary by the landlord to paint those parts of the interior of the flat with the same colour as existing or such other colour as may be approved by the landlord.

(b) To replace at his own' expense any glass in any doors or windows of the flat that may become broken, from whatever cause, during the tenancy.

(c) To take all precautions to protect the interior of the flat against

damage by storm or typhoon.

(d) Not to make any alterations whatsoever to the flat or electrical circuits or to install any fixture partition or other erection or to remove any of the landlord's fixtures or fittings without the previous written consent of the landlord.

(e) To idemnify the landlord against all actions. costs, claims and demands made upon or against the landlord in respect of damage to the person or property of any person caused by or through or in any way due to the overflow of water or drainage from the flat.

(f) Not to store or cause or permit to be stored in the flat or in any part thereof any arms, ammunition, gunpowder. kerosene, petrol or any explosive or combustible material or substance whatsoever, except that the tenant may keep therein a reasonable quantity of kerosene (not exceeding four imperial gallons at any one time) or not more than two containers of liquefied petroleum gas for the purposes of cooking. Provided that if the tenant holds a current firearms licence issued by the Commissioner of Police, he may keep the arms to which the license relates together with a reasonable quantity of suitable ammunition subject to the landlord's agent being informed of the existence of such licence, and of its renewal when such takes place. (g) That all cooking of food and heating of liquids in the flat shall be done by means of an electric stove or other electrical appliance, or by means of a kerosene stove or other appliance using liquefield petroleum gas as a fuel (provided that in the latter case the installation is carried out by a contractor approved by the landlord), and not to do or cause or permit any cooking of food or heating of liquids by any method involving the use of wood or charcoal as a fuel.

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