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Landlord and Tenant (Consolidation)
[1988 Ed.
Forms
71. (1) The Commissioner may specify the forms to be used under this Part.
(2) The Commissioner may publish in the Gazette any form specified by him under subsection (1).
(3) The Commissioner may in his discretion accept any notice or application served on him which is not in the specified form.
Enlargement of time
72. The Commissioner may extend any time fixed by this Part for the making of any application to him or for the lodging of any document with him except a notice under section 55.
73. (Repealed 76 of 1981 s. 50)
Service of notice
(Amended 40 of 1984 s. 28)
74. (1) Service of any notice, application, certificate or other document under this Part or of a notice to quit in respect of a periodic tenancy, or sub-tenancy, to which this Part applies may be effected (Amended 40 of 1984 s. 29)
(a) by personal service;
(b) by post, addressed to the last known place of business or residence of the person to be served; (Amended 39 of 1979 s. 17; 29 of 1983 s. 26)
(c) in the case of service on a tenant or sub-tenant, by leaving the notice, application, certificate or other document with an adult occupier of the premises in which the tenant or sub-tenant resides and to which such document relates; or
(d) by affixing a copy of it to a prominent part of the premises to which it relates. (Added 29 of 1983 s. 26)
(2) A certificate purporting to be signed by a person who states in that certificate that he effected service under subsection (1) shall be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein relating to that service. (Added 29 of 1983 s. 26)
Saving
74A. Nothing in this Part shall-
(a) authorize any increase in rent in respect of a tenancy or sub-tenancy which is not a tenancy or sub-tenancy continuing under section 52(1); (Replaced 40 of 1984 s. 30)
or
(aa) (Repealed 76 of 1981 s. 51)
(b) subject to section 53(1)(c), (4A), (4B), (5), (6), (6A) and (6B), afford to any sub-tenant any security of tenure greater than that enjoyed by his principal tenant. (Amended 76 of 1981 s. 51; 29 of 1983 s. 27)