LANDLORD AND TENANT ORDINANCE.
(Chapter 255).
LANDLORD AND TENANT ORDINANCE (AMENDMENT OF FIRST SCHEDULE)
RULES, 1959.
In exercise of the powers conferred by subsection (I) of section 29 and subsection (8) of section 31 of the Landlord and Tenant Ordinance, (Chief Justice, hereby make the following rules-
1. These rules may be cited as the Landlord and Tenant Citation. Ordinance (Amendment of First Schedule) Rules, 1959.
2. Part I of the First Schedule to the Landlord and Tenant Amendment Ordinance (hereinafter referred to as the principal Ordinance) is of Pad ( amended-
(a) in rule 1 of the Tenancy Tribunal Rules-
() by the addition after the definition of "clerk of the tribunal" of the following-
""costs" includes fees, charges, disbursements, expenses
and remuneration;”;
Gi) by the addition after the definition of "Ordinance" of the following-
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"“Registrar" means the Registrar of the District Court:"; (b) by the deletion of rule 49 of the Tenancy Tribunal Rules and
the substitution therefor of the following-
49. (1) Except in the case of applications for exemption of premises from the provisions of the Ordinance under section 31 thereof, a tenancy tribunal shall have no power to make any order as to the payment of the costs paid or incurred by the applicant or by the opponent:
Provided that in any proceedings before the court of before the Full Court, the court or the Full Court, as the case may be, shall have full and complete discretion as to costs and may order that such sum as it shall specify in such order be paid by one or more of the parties before it to another party towards the costs of such lastly mentioned party including any fees payable to a barrister or any costs due to a solicitor.
(2) All costs to be borne by an applicant under sub- section (7) of section 31 of the Ordinance, in default of agreement between the parties, may be taxed by the Registrar as between party and party.
(Cap. 233, 1953 Reprint).