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HONG KONG
No. 8 OF 1952.
[ assent.
Ahnentam.
Godernor.
6th March, 1952.
An Ordinance to remedy certain abuses resulting from the exclusion of new buildings and certain reconstructed buildings from the operation of the Landlord and Tenant Ordinance, Chapter 255.
[7th March, 1952.]
Be it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof;
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Tenancy (Prolonged Short title. Duration) Ordinance, 1952.
1. In this Ordinance-on
Interpreta-
"landlord" and "tenancy tribunal" shall have the meanings tion.
assigned to them by the Landlord and Tenant Ordinance; (Cap. 255). "material date" means the 22nd day of December, 1950;
"tenancy" includes any agreement enforceable at law or in
equity for the letting of any premises, whether oral or in writing.