1988 Ed.]
Landlord and Tenant (Consolidation)
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Provision of rent receipts
19A. (1) A landlord shall give to his tenant, at the time the tenant pays the rent, a receipt for the amount of rent paid and the receipt shall contain---
(a) the name and address of the landlord;
(b) the period in respect of which such rent was paid; and
(c) the date of payment.
(2) A landlord who fails to comply with subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $2,000.
20. (Repealed 40 of 1984 s. 8)
Termination of principal tenancy
(Added 29 of 1983 s. 6)
21. (1) The immediate landlord of a principal tenant may by service of notice to quit in Form 2 in the Second Schedule and in manner specified in section 44 terminate the tenancy of such tenant in accordance with the provisions of, and to the extent provided in, this section.
(2) The length of notice given by the notice to quit aforesaid shall be either that required by the contract between the landlord and the principal tenant or in default of any term in the contract specifying the length of notice, one calendar month from the date of service thereof.
(3) Upon the expiration of such notice to quit-
(a) each sub-tenant shall be deemed to be the tenant of the immediate landlord and to hold the premises upon the same terms and conditions as he held them from the principal tenant;
(b) each sub-tenant affected thereby shall be liable to pay to the immediate landlord on demand the permitted rent of the premises let to him under contract with the principal tenant;
(c) the immediate landlord shall undertake towards each sub-tenant all those obligations undertaken by the principal tenant previous to service of notice under subsection (1).
(4) At any time within 14 days after the service of the notice to quit, the principal tenant may elect by notice in writing to the landlord to deliver up the whole of the premises subject to the tenancy or to retain any portion thereof retained, immediately before the service of the notice to quit, for his own occupation.
(5) Where the principal tenant retains for his own occupation any part of the premises the subject of his tenancy from the immediate landlord, he shall be deemed to be the tenant of the immediate landlord in respect of the retained part and to hold the same upon a monthly tenancy. The rent of the retained part shall be the aggregate of the following sums-
(a) such proportion of the standard rent of the whole of the premises previously held by him as principal tenant as is fairly attributable to the retained part; and
(b) ...