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Notification
of new rents.
Increases
in real by agreement.
Increuser in Rent
54. (1) Where A landlord and tenant enter into a tenancy on or after the 15th day of December 1973, the landlord shall lodge with the Commissioner a notice in triplicate in the specified form stating the rent payable by the tenant, and such notice shall be signed by both the landlord and the tenant.
(2) Where a notice is lodged with the Commis- sioner under subsection (1), he shall record the rent payable by the tenant and shall endorse free of charge on two copies of the notice a statement to that effect and shall return one copy to the landlord and one copy to the tenant
(3) Rent shall not be recoverable unless the landlord is in possession of a copy of a notice en- dorsed by the Commissioner under subsection (2).
(4) The security of tenure afforded to a tenant by section 32(4)(6) shall apply where a tenancy is created not more than two years before the expira- tion of this Pari, notwithstanding the failure of the landlord to comply with subsection (1).
55, (1) Where an increase in rent is agrood between a landlord and a tenant after the 14th day of December 1973 the landlord shall lodge with the Commissioner a notice thereof in triplicate in the specified form signed by both the landlord and tenant.
(2) Where a notice is lodged with the Commis- sioner under subsection (1), he shall record the agreement concerning the increase in rent and shall endorse free of charge on two copies of the notice a statement to that effect and shall retum one copy to the landlord and one copy to the tenant.
(3) Rent at the increased rate shall not recover- able unless the landlord is in possession of a copy of a notice endorsed by the Commissioner under subsection (2).
(4) The security of tenure afforded to a tenant under section 52(4)(2) shall apply where the rent payable by the tenant is increased by agreement, notwithstanding the failure of the landlord to lodge notice thereof under subsection (1).
(40 of 1973)
Increases
in rent on account of rates.
Jef. 1968, 0.23, 1. 2831.1
Application for certif- cats of increase in TEAL
(5) Where a landlord and tenant had, prior to the 15th day of December 1973, entered into a tenancy under which the rent payable by the tenant would be increased during the continuance of the tenancy by reference to fixed and ascertained periods of time, any increase in rent pursuant to that tenancy which-
(d) would, but for the Domestic Premises (Tenure and Rent) (Temporary Provisions) Ordinance 1973, have taken effect after the 8th day of June 1973 and before the 15th day of December 1973; or
(b) becomes due on or after the 15th day of
December 1973.
shall take effect in accordance with the tenancy as if neither that Ordinance nor this section had been enacted, save that where the increase takes effect on or after the 15th day of December 1973 the security of tenure afforded to a tenant by section 52(4)(a) shall extend to such tenancy as if the rent had been increased under this Part.
56. (1) Where a landlord bears the rates in respect of any premises the subject of a tenancy and those rates are increased, the landlord may, subject to subsection (2), increase the amount of the rent payable by the tenant of those premises by the amount of the increase in the rates.
(2) Where the amount of rent is increased under this section the increase shall not take effect except in pursuance of a notice of increase in the specified form served by the landlord on the tenant, specifying the increase and the date from which it is to take effect.
(3) The date specified in a notice of increase under subsection (2) shall be not earlier than the date on which the increased rates became payable.
57. (1) Where a landlord wishes to increase the rent payable by his tenant, he may apply to the Commissioner for a certificate.
(2) An application under subsection (1) shall be made by sending a notice in duplicate in the specified form to the Commissioner.