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No. 14 of 1922.
RENTS.
No rent in excess of the standard rent to be recoverable.
3.—(1) Notwithstanding any agreement to the contrary, whether made before or after the commencement of this Ordinance, and whether oral or in writing, no rent shall be recoverable in respect of any domestic tenement, from the tenant in actual occupation, in excess of the standard rent of such domestic tenement.
(2) This section shall apply to any rent which became due after the 18th day of July, 1921, and before the commencement of this Ordinance, and to any rent which shall become due during the continuance of this Ordinance, whatever the period may be in respect of which such rent became or shall become due.
4.-(1) Notwithstanding any notice to quit, whether given before or after the commencement of this Ordinance, and notwithstanding the terms of any agreement whatsoever, whether made before or after the commencement of this Ordinance, and whether oral or in writing, an order or judgment against any tenant in actual occupation for the recovery of possession of any domestic tenement, or for the ejectment of a tenant therefrom, shall be made or given only if-
(a) the tenant has or shall have failed to pay duly the standard rent recoverable in respect of his domestic tenement; or
(b) the tenant has or shall have failed to perform some obligation of his tenancy; or
(c) the tenant or any person residing with him has or shall have been guilty of conduct which is a nuisance or annoyance to adjoining occupiers, or has or shall have been convicted of using the domestic tenement or allowing the domestic tenement to be used for an immoral or illegal purpose, or the condition of the domestic tenement has or shall have, in the opinion of the court, deteriorated owing to acts of waste by or the neglect or default of the tenant or any such person; or
(d) the tenant has or shall have given notice in writing to quit, or has or shall have agreed in writing to quit, and in consequence of that notice or agreement the lessor has or shall have contracted to sell or let the domestic tenement or has or shall have taken any other steps as a result of
* As amended by No. 8 of 1923.