Amendmacol of
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section 10,
Repeal of
dection 100.
Amendment of
sequon 19.
Section 10 of the principal Ordinance is amended- (a) in subsection (1)—
(1) by deleting "In the case of domestic premises" and sub- stituting the following-
"Subject to subsection (1D), in the case of domestic premises"; (ii) by deleting "thirty per cent" and substituting the follow- jog-
"105 per cen♫"";
(ii) by deleting "one hundred per cent" and substituting the following-
*250 per cen!"*,
(iv) by deleting the colon and substituting a full stop; and (v) by deleting the proviso; and
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(b) by inserting after subsection (1) the following new subsectiona~~~ "(1A) Where the rent of any premises is less than the permitted reat, the landlord may, subject to subsections (18) and (10), increase the rent by serving on the tenant a noticè in the specified form, specifying the" new rent and the date from which it is to take effect.
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(18) Any increase in rent under subsection (10) shall lake effect not ostlier than the first day when rent becomes due after the expiration of one month from the service of the notice.
(10) Where a landlord serves a notice on the tenant under subsection (1A) he sball, at the same time, send two copies of the notice to the Commissioner, who shall recond the amount of the increase and endorse on one copy of the notice a stalement to that effect and return that copy to the landlord.
(1D) Rent at the increased rate shall not be recoverable unless the landlord is in possession of a copy of a notice of increase endorsed by the Commissioner under subsection (10).".
Section 10D of the principal Ordinance is repealed,
Section 18 of the principal Ordinance is amended in subsection (3X) by inserting after “paragraph (4)" the following-
"and on payment by the person lodging the agreement of such fer as may be determined by the Financial Secretary".
Amendment of Bection 18.
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Section 28 (3) of the principal Ordinance is amended-
(a) by deleting "commencement of the Landlord and Tepant (Con- solidation)" (Amendment) Ordinance 1973" and substituting the following-
"15th November 1973";
(8) by deleting "premises" and substituting the following-
"building or part thereof''; and
(c) by inserting after "this Part" the following—
"notwithstanding the termination or expiry of the agreement, whether the agreement was made before or after the com-
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mencement of the Landlord and Tenant (Consolidation) (Amendment) (No. 4) Ordinance 1975",
Section 43(1) of the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting Amendment of "Eve" and substituting the following-
"fifteen".
Beculo 43.
8. Section 44(3) of the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting Amendment of "notice or application under section 10A, 10B or 100 and substituting seeddon 44. the following
"noties under section 10(1A) or notice or application under section 10A, 103 or 100".
9. The principal Ordinance is amended by adding after section 44 Added o the following new section---
"Exerche of
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444, (1) The Commissioner may, for the purposes of this Part, exercise any of the power conferred on him by section 5 of the Rating Ordinance.
(2) Any public officer or class of public officer employed in the Department of Rating and Valuation and authorized in writing in that behalf by the Commissioner may exercise any of the powers and perform any of the duties conferred or imposed on the Commissioner by this Part.".
10. Section 47 of the principal Ordinance is amended by-
being renumbered as subsection (1) thereof; and inserting the following new subsection-
(a)
(b)
"(2) Subject to subsection (1), the Commissioner way—
(a) specify any form to be used under this Part; (b) publish any such form in the Gazette; and
(c) in his discretion accept any uptice or application served on him which is not in the specified form.".
11. Section 48 of the principal Ordinance is repealed.
12. Section 49 of the principal Ordinance is amended......
(7) by deleting the full stop at the end of the definition of "lecast”
and substituting a semicolon;
(b) in the definition of "tenaat”
(D) by deleting at the end of paragraph (c) "; and" and substituting a full stop; and
(iÐ) by deleting paragraph (d); and
(c) by inserting after the definition of "tenant" the following new
definition-
**tenement" means any building, structure, or part thereof. which is held or occupied as a distinct or separate tenancy or holding or under any licence.",
13. Section 50 of the principal Ordinance is amended-
(a)
in subsection (6)—–—–—–—–
(i) by deleting the full stop at the end of paragraph () and substituting a semicolon; and
(ii) by inserting after paragraph the following new para- graph
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Amendmear of mectina 47.
Repeal of
Amendment od Pectina 19.
Amendment of section $0.